Computerized tomographic findings in cardiogenic cerebral embolism.
The CT scan findings in 50 patients with cardiogenic cerebral emboli are reviewed. In 38 cases there was CT evidence of a nonhemorrhagic infarct and in 12 cases there were findings consistent with a hemorrhagic infarct. There was a single infarct in 40 cases and more than one lesion in 10 cases. In 6 of 9 cases in which the patients showed delayed neurological deterioration, repeat CT showed an increase in mass effect (4 cases) or hemorrhagic transformation of the infarct (2 cases).
D000328:Adult; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed