Calcified cerebral emboli.
Intracranial calcifications may represent calcified cerebral emboli. Calcified emboli may be overlooked even though cerebral CT is widely used as a stroke assessment. We report 4 cases of calcified cerebral emboli and demonstrate the value of CT in the diagnosis and temporal evaluation of such emboli.
Kavanagh
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Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada. eoinkav@yahoo.com
Fenton
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Heran
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Lapointe
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Nugent
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Graeb
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000187:drug effects; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D020762:Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020768:Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D012008:Recurrence; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed