Dynamic changes of intramural hematoma in patients with acute spontaneous internal carotid artery dissection.

Heldner, Mirjam Rachel; Nedelcheva, Mila; Yan, Xin; Slotboom, Johannes; Mathier, Etienne; Hulliger, Justine; Verma, Rajeev Kumar; Sturzenegger, Matthias; Jung, Simon; Bernasconi, Corrado Angelo; Arnold, Marcel; Wiest, Roland; Fischer, Urs (2015). Dynamic changes of intramural hematoma in patients with acute spontaneous internal carotid artery dissection. International journal of stroke, 10(6), pp. 887-892. Blackwell Publishing 10.1111/ijs.12553

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BACKGROUND

We prospectively investigated temporal and spatial evolution of intramural hematomas in patients with acute spontaneous internal carotid artery dissection using repeated magnetic resonance imaging over six-months.

AIM

The aim of the present study was to assess dynamic changes of intramural hematoma in patients with acute spontaneous internal carotid artery dissection at multiple follow-up time-points with T1w, PD/T2w, and magnetic resonance angiography.

METHODS

We performed serial multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging in 10 patients with spontaneous internal carotid artery dissection on admission, at days 1, 3, 7-14 and at months 1·5, 3, and 6. We calculated the volume and extension of the hyperintense intramural hematoma using T1w and PD/T2w fat suppressed sequences and assessed the degree of stenosis due to the hematoma using magnetic resonance angiography.

RESULTS

Mean interval from symptom onset to first magnetic resonance imaging was two-days (SD 2·7). Two patients presented with ischemic stroke, three with transient ischemic attacks, and five with pain and local symptoms only. Nine patients had a transient increase of the intramural hematoma volume, mainly up to day 10 after symptom onset. Fifty percent had a transient increase in the degree of the internal carotid artery stenosis on MRA, one resulting in a temporary occlusion. Lesions older than one-week were predominantly characterized by a shift from iso- to hyperintese signal on T2w images. At three-month follow-up, intramural hematoma was no longer detectable in 80% of patients and had completely resolved in all patients after six-months.

CONCLUSIONS

Spatial and temporal dynamics of intramural hematomas after spontaneous internal carotid artery dissection showed an early volume increase with concomitant progression of the internal carotid artery stenosis in 5 of 10 patients. Although spontaneous internal carotid artery dissection overall carries a good prognosis with spontaneous hematoma resorption in all our patients, early follow-up imaging may be considered, especially in case of new clinical symptoms.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine (DRNN) > Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology

UniBE Contributor:

Heldner, Mirjam Rachel, Slotboom, Johannes, Verma, Rajeev Kumar, Sturzenegger, Matthias, Jung, Simon, Bernasconi, Corrado Angelo, Arnold, Marcel, Wiest, Roland Gerhard Rudi, Fischer, Urs Martin

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1747-4930

Publisher:

Blackwell Publishing

Language:

English

Submitter:

Valentina Rossetti

Date Deposited:

02 Oct 2015 09:06

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:26

Publisher DOI:

10.1111/ijs.12553

PubMed ID:

26121371

Uncontrolled Keywords:

MR imaging; acute stroke therapy; arterial dissection; intramural hematoma; neurology; neuroradiology

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.72087

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/72087

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