Cost and Utility of Routine Contrast-Enhanced Neck MRA in a Pediatric MRI Stroke Evaluation Protocol [PEDIATRICS]

CONCLUSIONS:
In our large series, the addition of a routine contrast-enhanced neck MRA to our pediatric stroke MR imaging protocol was of extremely low yield. We believe the use of neck MRA should reasonably be limited to cases in which abnormalities are initially detected on standard brain sequences or to patients with atypical presentation or recurrent pathology.

Source: American Journal of Neuroradiology - December 12, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Baltensperger, A., Mirsky, D., Maloney, J., Neuberger, I., Fenton, L., Bernard, T., Borgstede, J., Stence, N. Tags: PEDIATRICS Source Type: research