Table 3 Intracranial vessel wall imaging findings among the study groups
From: Value of vessel wall magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of cerebrovascular diseases
Vessel wall imaging criteria | Arterial wall thickening | luminal narrowing | Inner margin (regular vs irregular) | Shape (eccentric vs concentric) | Post-contrast enhancement | Hemorrhagiccomponent/hematoma |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vulnerable atherosclerosis (8 cases) | + | + | Irregular | Eccentric | Eccentric | Yes |
+++ | ------- | Irregular | Eccentric | Eccentric | Yes | |
+ | ++ | Irregular | Eccentric | Eccentric | No | |
------- | ++ | ------- | Eccentric | Eccentric | No | |
++ | +++ | Irregular | ---------- | Eccentric | Yes | |
------- | + | Irregular | Eccentric | Eccentric | No | |
------- | + | Â | Eccentric | Eccentric | No | |
++ | ------- | Irregular | Eccentric | Eccentric | Yes | |
Non-vulnerable atherosclerosis (3 cases) | ++ | ++ | Irregular | Eccentric | No | No |
+++ | +++ | Irregular | ----------- | No | No | |
+ | + | -------- | Eccentric | No | No | |
CNS vasculitis (3 cases) | + | -------- | Regular | Concentric | Circumferential | No |
------- | -------- | Regular | Concentric | Circumferential | No | |
Variable | Â | Regular | Concentric | Circumferential | No | |
Moyamoya disease (2 cases) | ------------ | ++++ | ----------- | --------------- | No | No |
------------ | ++++ | ------------ | --------------- | No | No |