Subacute cortical infarct: the value of contrast-enhanced FLAIR images in inconclusive DWI

摘要

A 44-year-old patient presented with axial sensorimotordeficit, dating back approximately 10 days. The history wassignificant for diabetes, alcoholism, and cognitive impairment,making it difficult to assess the recent history and symptoms.The patient was submitted to brain magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) with T2-weighted imaging (T2WI), fluid-attenuatedinversion recovery (FLAIR) sequences, susceptibility weightedimaging, and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), as well as T1-weighted imaging (T1WI), before and after intravenous gadoliniumadministration, in the axial, sagittal, and coronal planes.