Susceptibility-Weighted MR Imaging for Diagnosis of Capillary Telangiectasia of the Brain.

  • M El-Koussy
  • G Schroth
  • J Gralla
  • Caspar Brekenfeld
  • R H Andres
  • S Jung
  • M A Shahin
  • K O Lovblad
  • C Kiefer
  • R Kottke

Abstract

BCT is a benign entity, whose appearance on conventional MR imaging makes its differentiation from neoplastic, inflammatory, or subacute ischemic disease challenging. SWI is sensitive to susceptibility effects from deoxyhemoglobin with excellent spatial resolution. Only scarce case reports have described the utility of SWI in cases of BCT. Our aim was to show the diagnostic value of SWI applied to a larger series of cases.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number4
ISSN0195-6108
Publication statusPublished - 2012
pubmed 22194370