Serial T2*WI Studies in the Acute Phase of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis

Junya Aoki; Yasuyuki Iguchi; Kazumi Kimura; Shinji Yamashita; Kensaku Shibazaki; Yuka Terasawa

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1729

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Serial T2*WI Studies in the Acute Phase of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis

Junya Aoki, Yasuyuki Iguchi, Kazumi Kimura, Shinji Yamashita, Kensaku Shibazaki, Yuka Terasawa

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Keywords: cerebral venous thrombosis, neuroimaging, T2*WI

JOURNAL OPEN ACCESS

2009 Volume 48 Issue 5 Pages 383-385

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1729

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Abstract

We report a case of a 49-year-old woman with headache who was diagnosed with cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) of the superior sagittal and right transverse sinuses. Serial gradient recalled-echo T2*-weighted imaging (T2*WI) studies demonstrated dynamic changes of thrombosed segments. T2*WI is useful not only as a diagnostic tool for CVT, but also in evaluating changes to thrombus.

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