The Spot Sign Is More Common in the Absence of Multiple Prior Microbleeds | Zendy

Andrea Evans | Zendy; Andrew M. Demchuk | Zendy; Sean Symons | Zendy; Dar Dowlatshahi | Zendy; David J. Gladstone | Zendy; Liying Zhang | Zendy; Allan J. Fox | Zendy; Richard I. Aviv | Zendy

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The Spot Sign Is More Common in the Absence of Multiple Prior Microbleeds

Author(s) -

Andrea Evans,

Andrew M. Demchuk,

Sean Symons,

Dar Dowlatshahi,

David J. Gladstone,

Liying Zhang,

Allan J. Fox,

Richard I. Aviv

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.110.593970

Subject(s) - medicine , sign (mathematics) , stroke (engine) , pathology , mechanical engineering , engineering , mathematical analysis , mathematics

Mural thickening and permeability changes in patients with amyloid angiopathy (CAA) and chronic hypertension are implicated in the pathophysiology of multiple, chronic subclinical microbleeds. The Spot sign, contrast extravasation on CT angiography, predicts hematoma expansion and is presumed to represent acute vessel damage. We hypothesize that the Spot sign is more common in patients without multiple prior chronic microbleeds.

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