title: Injury of fornix in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Many diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) studies have reported on fornix injury in various diseases. However, there has been no DTT study on fornix injury by intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). We attempted to investigate fornix body injury in patients with ICH, using DTT.
  
  
  METHODS
  We identified 58 consecutive stroke patients using the following criteria: (1) first-ever stroke, (2) age: 45-65 years, (3) hemorrhage confined within the corona radiata and basal ganglion level, (4) an available DTT scan performed during the early stage of ICH (1-5 weeks after onset). Among 58 consecutive patients, we identified six patients who showed disruption at the fornix body.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Following ICH, 10.7% of patients revealed complete disruption of the fornix body on DTT. Results from DTT of the fornix showed disruption in anterior and posterior portions of the fornix body in three patients, in the anterior portion of the fornix body in two patient, and in the posterior portion of the fornix body in one patient.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We report on six patients who showed complete disruption of the fornix body following ICH. It is our belief that the fornix of patients with ICH could be evaluated using DTT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Seok
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Yeo
authors.forename: Byung Yeon
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Chul Hoon
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Young Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Min Cheol
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Dong Gyu
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sung Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Jang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D056324:Diffusion Tensor Imaging; D005260:Female; D020712:Fornix, Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000473:pathology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology