J Clin Neurol.  2017 Jul;13(3):308-309. 10.3988/jcn.2017.13.3.308.

Vasculitis Findings for the Anterior Choroidal Artery in 3D-Time-of-Flight Magnetic Resonance Angiography

• Kim HC
• Bae SY
• Lee JW
• Kim SE
• Lee BI
• Kim SE
• Shin KJ
• Park J
• Park KM
• Ha SY

• KMID: 2391680
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2017.13.3.308

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Arteries*
Choroid*
Magnetic Resonance Angiography*
Vasculitis*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Diffusion-weighted image of the 29-year-old female showing an acute infarction in the right internal capsule (A). Her 3D and source images of brain magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) reveal dilatation and narrowing in a branch of the right distal internal carotid artery as a distinct pattern of vasculitis (B and C, circled). The conventional angiography shows a definite beading pattern of the right anterior choroidal artery (D, white arrow). This finding had normalized in MRA at the 1-year follow-up (E). Only a subtle lesion in the right internal capsule related to this attack and an old lesion in the right anterior thalamus related to the first attack were seen in the 1-year follow-up fluid-attenuated inversion recovery image (F). All magnetic resonance imaging was performed using a 3.0-T Achieva TX scanner (Philips Healthcare, Best, the Netherlands).

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