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Mri post coiled cerebral aneurysm (2016) on report, increased t2 signal intensity in left frontal cortex - small area of remote infarction. no evidence of diffusion restriction to define area of acute infarction. what does this mean?

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It means: that there is MRI evidence for a small old stroke that occurred at some point in the past.

Answered 11/13/2018

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A member asked:

Mri post coiled cerebral aneurysm (2016) on report, increased t2 signal intensity in left frontal cortex - small area of remote infarction. no evidence of diffusion restriction to define area of acute infarction. what does this mean?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Michael Gabor answered

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