title: Diffusion-weighted MRI of middle cerebral artery stroke in a newborn.
abstract: Diffusion-weighted MRI of the brain is becoming clinically available as a tool to investigate cerebral ischaemia. We report a newborn girl presenting with seizures in whom diffusion-weighted MRI showed a large hyperintensity in the area perfused by the left middle cerebral artery. Short-term neurological follow-up before discharge was uneventful and the patient was discharged without sequelae. On follow-up clinical examination, right-sided spastic signs were noted which disappeared with time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, DRNN, University of Bern, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: K O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Lövblad
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ruoss
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guzman
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schroth
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fusch
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging