Conventional and Contrast-Enhanced MR Angiographic Techniques for the Interpretation of Cerebral Aneurysms and Vascular Malformations

Abstract

In this review, we evaluated identification of intracranial aneurysms and intracranial vascular malformations such as arteriovenous malformations and cavernous angiomas and venous anomalies by conventional and contrast magnetic resonance angiography, together with the merits and demerits of these techniques. Turkish Başlık: Serebral Anevrizma ve Vasküler Malformasyonların Değerlendirilmesinde Konvansiyonel ve Kontrastlı MR Anjiyografi Teknikleri Anahtar Kelimeler: Serebrovasküler hastalık/tanı; intrakranyal anevrizma/tanı/radyografi; intrakranyal arteryovenöz malformasyon/ tanı/radyografi; manyetik rezonans anjiyografi Bu makalede, intrakranyal anevrizma ve arteryovenöz malformasyon, kavernöz anjiyom ve venöz anomaliler gibi intrakranyal vasküler malformasyonların konvansiyonel ve kontrastlı manyetik rezonans anjiyografi teknikleriyle tanınması ve bu tekniklerin belirtilen durumlarda avantaj ve dezavantajları değerlendirildi.

Keywords

• Cerebrovascular disorders/diagnosis; intracranial aneurysm/diagnosis/radiography; intracranial arteriovenous malformations/ diagnosis/radiography; magnetic resonance angiography

Serebral Anevrizma ve Vasküler Malformasyonların Değerlendirilmesinde Konvansiyonel ve Kontrastlı MR Anjiyografi Teknikleri

Öz

Bu makalede, intrakranyal anevrizma ve arteryovenöz malformasyon, kavernöz anjiyom ve venöz anomaliler gibi intrakranyal vasküler malformasyonların konvansiyonel ve kontrastlı manyetik rezonans anjiyografi teknikleriyle tanınması ve bu tekniklerin belirtilen durumlarda avantaj ve dezavantajları değerlendirildi.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Serebrovasküler hastalık/tanı, intrakranyal anevrizma/tanı/radyografi, intrakranyal arteryovenöz malformasyon/ tanı/radyografi, manyetik rezonans anjiyografi

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