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Cerebral Vasculitis: Diagnosis and Follow‐Up With Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography
Author(s) -
Razumovsky Alexander Y.,
Wityk Robert J.,
Geocadin Romergryko G.,
Bhardwaj Anish,
Ulatowski John A.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of neuroimaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1552-6569
pISSN - 1051-2284
DOI - 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2001.tb00059.x
Subject(s) - medicine , transcranial doppler , cerebral vasculitis , vasculitis , magnetic resonance angiography , radiology , magnetic resonance imaging , intracerebral hemorrhage , ultrasonography , cerebral angiography , angiography , cerebral circulation , cerebral arteries , cardiology , subarachnoid hemorrhage , disease
The authors report a patient with postpartum intracerebral hemorrhage associated with cerebral vasculitis. Cerebral circulation was assessed with transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasonography, magnetic resonance angiography, and conventional cerebral angiography. Initial TCD studies demonstrated bilateral patchy increased cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV) in the anterior circulation with complete normalization during remission. This case report provides evidence that cerebral vasculitis leads to relevant CBFV changes and that the TCD technique may assist in diagnosis and follow‐up of these patients.