Central nervous system disorders

V./3.3.: Take home messages

• - Ischemic cerebral infarcts might be classified pathologically as microangiopathic, hemodinamic and territorial.

• - Direct CT sign of middle cerebral artery thrombosis is the local hyperdensity (Gács sign).

• - DWI (performed by MR technique) demonstrates the acute ischemic damage earliest.

• - Contrast enhancement occurying in the periphery of a subacute ischemic infarct must not be confused with for ex. tumorous or infected origin.