Hyperacute Infarct on Intraoperative Diffusion Imaging of Pediatric Brain Tumor Surgery.

Christine Saint-MartinSergio ApuzzoAyat SalmanJean-Pierre Farmer

Published in: The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques (2019)

Hyperacute infarcts are not rare events to complicate pediatric brain tumor resection. Tumoral encasement of the circle of Willis vessels appears to be the main risk factor. Intraoperative DWI underestimates the final extent of infarcted tissue compared to early postsurgical MRI.

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