MR imaging and prognosis of hypoxic-ischemic leukoencephalopathy.

Neurocritical Care
Pasquale F Finelli, Francis J DiMario

Abstract

To correlate prognosis of hypoxic-ischemic white-matter injury with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In a retrospective review at an urban medical center, three adult and three pediatric patients with predominant white-matter involvement caused by hypoxic- ischemic injury were evaluated over a 15-month period. Five patients with MRI-defined hypoxic-ischemic leukoencephalopathy had a favorable outcome, and one with associated diffusion-weighted abnormality of deep gray structures died. The prognosis of hypoxic-ischemic leukoencephalopathy is more favorable than previously reported, and diffusion-weighted imaging abnormality of deep gray structures was associated with a poor outcome.

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