Abeer Fatima10 months ago

Features of Ischemic Stroke on CT Scan

CT scan is the first line investigation of stroke. Ischemic stroke is usually not diagnosed immediately on CT. However, after few hours, following features appear that indicate diagnosis of stroke: - loss of grey and white matter differentiation - parenchymal swelling - lentiform nucleus changes - cortical hypodensity - gyral effacement Reference: https://radiopaedia.org/articles/ischaemic-stroke Image via: https://radiopaedia.org/articles/ischaemic-stroke