title: [Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of cerebral infarct].
abstract: Forty-one patients demonstrating clinical symptoms for cerebral infarction were investigated by magnetic resonance imaging with diffusion-weighted echo-planar imaging (DWI) and T2-weighted imaging (T2WI). In 8 patients only DWI showed the cerebral lesions clearly. One patient with positive DWI and T2WI suffered from HSV encephalitis. DWI is superior to T2WI in assessment of small cortical infarcts and cerebral infarction in patients with preexisting vascular lesions. DWI is not specific, so other causes like cerebral hematoma and encephalitis have to be considered.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Neuroradiologie, Universität des Saarlandes Homburg/Saar.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bartylla
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hagen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Glöbel
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jost
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schneider
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Diffusionsgewichtete Kernspintomographie zum Nachweis zerebraler Infarkte.