CHANGES IN THE BASAL GANGLIA AND THALAMUS FOLLOWING REPERFUSION AFTERCOMPLETE CEREBRAL-ISCHEMIA

Authors
FUJIOKA M OKUCHI K MIYAMOTO S SAKAKI T HIRAMATSU K TOMINAGA M KAMADA Y IWASAKI S
Citation
M. Fujioka et al., CHANGES IN THE BASAL GANGLIA AND THALAMUS FOLLOWING REPERFUSION AFTERCOMPLETE CEREBRAL-ISCHEMIA, Neuroradiology, 36(8), 1994, pp. 605-607
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging",Neurosciences
Journal title
Neuroradiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283940
Volume
36
Issue
8
Year of publication
1994
Pages
605 - 607
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3940(1994)36:8<605:CITBGA>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We report specific changes bilaterally in the basal ganglia and thalam us following reperfusion after complete cerebral ischaemia. A 69-year- old man, resuscitated after cardiac arrest, showed symmetrical low-den sity lesions in the head of the caudate nucleus and lentiform nucleus on CT. MRI revealed methaemoglobin derived from minor haemorrhage in t he basal ganglia and thalamus, not evident on CT. We suggest that this haemorrhage results from diapedesis of red blood cells through the da maged capillary endothelium following reperfusion.