title: Magnetic resonance imaging of small medullary infarctions.
abstract: Small infarctions of the medulla produce typical neurologic deficits and can be clinically recognized fairly reliably. High-field magnetic resonance imaging with a 1.5 T prototype scanner successfully demonstrated very tiny medulla infarctions in three of five patients. These lesions were imaged readily by a fairly rapid (approximately 1-2 min scan time) partial-saturation technique and confirmed on multiple spin-echo images. In addition, in two cases vertebral occlusion ipsilateral to the infarction was suggested by high signal on T2 weighted spin-echo images.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bogousslavsky
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Carey
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Barnett
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vinitski
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Karlik
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Viñuela
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Pelz
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hachinski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D008526:Medulla Oblongata; D008875:Middle Aged