Progressing small vessel pontine infarction includes different etiologies

Taizen Nakase; Masahiro Sasaki; Yasuko Ikeda; Akifumi Suzuki

doi:10.1002/acn3.25

Progressing small vessel pontine infarction includes different etiologies

Taizen Nakase, Masahiro Sasaki, Yasuko Ikeda, Akifumi Suzuki

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Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical features of progressing stroke of pontine infarction as small vessel disease. Methods: Enrolled 38 acute pontine infarctions were confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance angiography at the first and seventh days. Ten patients (26.3%) presented progression (NIH Stroke Scale ≥2 increase within 72 h). Results: Progressing patients showed no relation to the size and the distribution of lesion. Expansion of ischemic lesion showed correlation with basilar artery atherosclerosis. Stable lesion related to delayed worsening. Conclusion: These findings suggest that progressing stroke may be caused by not only the worsening of blood flow of ischemic lesion but also delayed neuronal death.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	75-79
Number of pages	5
Journal	Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
Volume	1
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/acn3.25
Publication status	Published - 2014 Feb
Externally published	Yes

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Clinical Neurology

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