Suzuki M, Uchihara T, Toru S, Bae Y, Igari T, Kitagawa M, Uchiyama S, Hirokawa K, Kobayashi T. Correlative magnetic resonance imaging and autopsy findings in a patient with coagulation necrosis treated with tissue plasminogen activator.
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2011;
21:512-4. [PMID:
22000524 DOI:
10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2010.10.006]
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Abstract
Coagulation necrosis is a peculiar type of ischemic necrosis that is characterized by firm, eosinophilic parenchyma with recognizable cell outlines without massive glial reactions. This is an autopsy report of coagulation necrosis 6 months after thrombolytic tissue plasminogen activator therapy against massive cerebral embolism in an 84-year-old man with atrial fibrillation.
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