title: [Serial T2 short inversion time inversion recovery images in a patient with medullary hemorrhage].
abstract: A 52-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of hypesthesia on the right side of his body. He had no medical history. On admission, he exhibited hypesthesia and disturbance of the touch and the vibratory sense on the right side of his body excluding the face. A brain T2* -weighted image revealed the a dot like lesion surrounded by an iso-signal lesion in the medial medulla oblongata. Therefore a diagnosis of medullary hemorrhage was made. Although a vascular malformation was considered as the cause of the hemorrhage, cerebral angiography did not reveal any vascular malformations. After admission, he developed left hypoglossal nerve palsy on day 6, and intractable hiccups on day 11. A T2* -weighted image and a FLAIR image disclosed edema surrounding the hematoma in the medial medullary lesion. T2* weighted images are useful for diagnosing and evaluating serial changes of medullary hemorrhage.
authors: Department of Stroke Center, Kawasaki Medical School.
authors: Yoko
authors: Y
authors: Okada
authors: Kensaku
authors: K
authors: Shibazaki
authors: Yasuyuki
authors: Y
authors: Iguchi
authors: Takeshi
authors: T
authors: Inoue
authors: Kazumi
authors: K
authors: Kimura
mesh_terms: D001929:Brain Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006606:Hiccup / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D020437:Hypoglossal Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012678:Sensation Disorders / Q000209:etiology*