EFFICACY OF T2*-WEIGHTED GRADIENT-ECHO MRI IN EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF CEREBRAL VENOUS THROMBOSIS WITH UNILATERAL THALAMIC LESION

Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is an uncommon cause of stroke with diverse etiologies and varied clinical presentations.Because of variability in clinical presentation and neuroimaging, CVT remains a diagnostic challenge.Recently, some studies have highlighted the value of T2*-weighted gradient-echo MRI (T2*WI) in the diagnosis of CVT.We report t

Karine Huy-Leng Lim,1 Alex Pysklywec,2 Michelle Plante,3 Louise Demers3,41Centre Intégré Universitaire de Sante at Service Sociaux du Nord de l‘île de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada; 2Department of Geography and Planning, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada; 3Centre de Recherche de l’In Unive