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Published in: Clinical Neuroradiology 2/2017

01-06-2017 | Original Article

High-Resolution Vessel Wall Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Angiogram-Negative Non-Perimesencephalic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Authors: J. M. Coutinho, R. H. Sacho, J. D. Schaafsma, R. Agid, T. Krings, I. Radovanovic, C. C. Matouk, D. J. Mikulis, D. M. Mandell

Published in: Clinical Neuroradiology | Issue 2/2017

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Abstract

Purpose

Standard magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) rarely identifies the cause of hemorrhage in patients with an angiogram-negative, non-perimesencephalic subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). Yet up to 10 % of these patients have recurrent hemorrhage. The aim of the study was to explore the potential role of high-resolution contrast-enhanced 3-Tesla vessel wall-MRI in patients with angiogram-negative SAH.

Methods

We performed intracranial vessel wall-MRI of the circle of Willis using a 3-Tesla scanner in consecutive patients presenting with a spontaneous, angiogram-negative, non-perimesencephalic SAH. Vessel wall-MRI included T1-, T2-, and gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted two-dimensional black-blood sequences in multiple planes (voxel size 0.4 × 0.4 × 2.0 mm). Two neuroradiologists independently scored abnormalities of the arterial wall.

Results

In all, 11 patients (mean age 59 years) underwent vessel wall-MRI. A total of seven patients had vessel wall abnormalities despite normal catheter angiography. Two patients had focal abnormalities contiguous with the outer margin of the basilar artery wall for which we considered a differential of ruptured blood blister aneurysm, thrombosed aneurysm, and loculated extramural blood from elsewhere. Two patients had arterial wall enhancement involving multiple arteries, possibly secondary to SAH. Three patients had arterial wall enhancement at sites of dural penetration, remote from the SAH, likely related to age and atherosclerotic risk factors. Vessel wall-MRI did not alter patient management in this cohort.

Conclusion

Vessel wall-MRI showed abnormalities in seven patients with angiogram-negative SAH. These findings did not alter patient management, but the findings may be useful for other physicians who choose to perform vessel wall-MRI in this patient population.
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Metadata
Title
High-Resolution Vessel Wall Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Angiogram-Negative Non-Perimesencephalic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Authors
J. M. Coutinho
R. H. Sacho
J. D. Schaafsma
R. Agid
T. Krings
I. Radovanovic
C. C. Matouk
D. J. Mikulis
D. M. Mandell
Publication date
01-06-2017
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Clinical Neuroradiology / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 1869-1439
Electronic ISSN: 1869-1447
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-015-0484-x

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