Yuh W T, Ueda T, Maley J E, Quets J P, White M, Hahn P Y, Otake S
Department of Radiology, The University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52241, USA.
J Magn Reson Imaging. 1999 Sep;10(3):310-3. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1522-2586(199909)10:3<310::aid-jmri12>3.0.co;2-c.
Functional imaging may come to play an important role in the evaluation of CNS vasculitis by demonstrating pathology on the microcirculatory level. A positive finding of microvascular ischemia may assist in the diagnosis of CNS vasculitis. More importantly, the demonstration of normal microcirculation may reliably exclude CNS vasculitis.