title: Delayed diffusion-weighted MR abnormality in a patient with an extensive acute cerebral hypoxic injury.
abstract: Diffusion-weighted (DW) MR imaging usually identifies acute cerebral infarction injury in symptomatic patients. We report a patient with severe hypoxic brain injury following suicide attempt by hanging, but with normal DW MR imaging 5-6 h after the event. Follow-up DW MR imaging 3 days after the event, and subsequent autopsy, revealed extensive cerebral anoxic injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of California, Davis, Medical Center, Sacramento 95817, USA. john.hald@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Hald
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Brunberg
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Dublin
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Wootton-Gorges
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D013997:Time Factors