Optic nerve injury demonstrated by MRI with STIR sequences.
We studied nine patients with optic nerve injury associated with closed head trauma by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with short inversion time inversion recovery (STIR) sequences on 11 occasions from 4 days to 14 years after the injury: three studies were within 17 days and eight over 4 months to 14 years. MRI revealed abnormal high signal in 10 of the 11 injured nerves. MRI 4 days after the injury showed no abnormality.
Department of Neurosurgery, Yaizu Municipal Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
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Takehara
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Tanaka
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Uemura
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Shinohara
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Yamamoto
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Tokuyama
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Satoh
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000473:pathology*; D020221:Optic Nerve Injuries