Table 2 Brain MRI findings in 43 patients diagnosed with cerebral infarction and 45 with non-infarction during their stay in the ICU
From: D-dimer levels and cerebral infarction in critically ill cancer patients
Brain MRI findings | No. of patients (%) |
|---|---|
Cerebral infarction | |
Single arterial lesion in DWI | 8 (9) |
Multiple arterial lesions in DWI | 35 (40) |
Small lesions involving multiple arterial territories | 18 (20) |
Small and large disseminated lesions | 17 (19) |
Non-infarction | |
Pathologic brain MRI findings | 32 (36) |
CNS metastasisa | 7 (8) |
Old stroke lesion | 7 (8) |
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome | 4 (5) |
Intracranial hemorrhage (1 gyral SAH, 2 SDH) | 3 (3) |
Seizure-related change | 3 (3) |
Primary brain tumour | 3 (3) |
Other | 5 (6) |
Normal brain MRI findings | 13 (15) |