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Reversible Hyperintense Lesion after Balloon Occlusion Test
Author(s) -
Haraguchi Koichi,
Houkin Kiyohiro,
Koyanagi Izumi,
aka Tadashi,
Baba Takeo
Publication year - 2009
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.1552-6569.2007.00223.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lesion , balloon , radiology , occlusion , surgery
We report a unique case of a reversible high signal intensity lesion observed on a magnetic resonance (MR) image accompanied by transient neurological deficits related to a balloon occlusion test. This abnormality was considered to be vasogenic edema caused by the disruption of the blood‐brain barrier (BBB) due to a long history of uncontrolled hypertension and transient ischemia induced by the balloon occlusion test.