Question:

What are some of the intracranial findings of coagulopathy and disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC)
1. Intracranial hemorrhage
2. Multiple infarctions in the periventricular white matter and pons
3. Watershed infarcts
4. Embolic infarcts
5. Both A and B





Answer:

The correct answer for the question "What are some of the intracranial findings of coagulopathy and disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC)" is:

5. Both A and B



Explanation
a. Intracranial hemorrhage. ["…consumption coagulopathy and disseminated intravascular  coagulopathy, (which) can lead to hemorrhages in various organs in the body. <br>b. Multiple infarctions in the periventricular white matter and pons. ["Lesions consistent with multiple cerebral infarctions have been found in the periventricular white matter in a patient with blue-rubber-bleb-nevus syndrome and chronic DIC and in the pons region in a patient with DIC due to obstetric complication."] <br>c. Watershed infarcts. [Associated with hypoxic brain injury.]<br>d. Embolic infarcts. [Associated with cardiac thrombi or infection.]<br>e. Both A and B.  [See above explanations.]



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White Matter Microsusceptibility Changes in Patients With Hepatic Encephalopathy
Radiology Case. 2011 Aug; 5(8):1-7


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White Matter Microsusceptibility Changes in Patients With Hepatic Encephalopathy

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We report a new radiological finding in two patients with hepatic encephalopathy. A new susceptibility-weighted (SWI) magnetic resonance imaging sequence revealed multiple bilateral microsusceptibility changes in the corpus callosum and white matter, while the conventional T1 and T2 weighted images were unremarkable. We postulate that the etiology of the microsusceptibility changes may be related to hepatic coagulopathy and other factors, such as impaired cerebral blood flow and brain edema.






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