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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Feham Tariq, MD [2]

Overview

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is performed in patients in patients with neurological deficits and shows the following reversible abnormalilties such as "starfield" pattern of diffuse, punctate, hyperintense lesions.

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MRI of the brain is performed in patients with neurological deficits.

The following neurologic abnormalities may be seen on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI):[1][2]

  • "Starfield" pattern of diffuse, punctate, hyperintense lesions on diffusion-weighted imaging.[3]
  • These findings correlate with the degree of neurological clinical impairment.
  • These abnormalities are reversible and resolve later.

References

  1. Aravapalli A, Fox J, Lazaridis C (2009). "Cerebral fat embolism and the "starfield" pattern: a case report". Cases J. 2: 212. doi:10.1186/1757-1626-2-212. PMC 2783161. PMID 19946456.
  2. Duran L, Kayhan S, Kati C, Akdemir HU, Balci K, Yavuz Y (2014). "Cerebral fat embolism syndrome after long bone fracture due to gunshot injury". Indian J Crit Care Med. 18 (3): 167–9. doi:10.4103/0972-5229.128707. PMC 3963200. PMID 24701067.
  3. Parizel PM, Demey HE, Veeckmans G, Verstreken F, Cras P, Jorens PG; et al. (2001). "Early diagnosis of cerebral fat embolism syndrome by diffusion-weighted MRI (starfield pattern)". Stroke. 32 (12): 2942–4. PMID 11740000.