Table 6 Summary for vessel wall MR imaging criteria for different intracranial vasculopathies in the cases studied
From: Value of vessel wall magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of cerebrovascular diseases
Intracranial vasculopathies | Vulnerable Intracranial atherosclerosis | Non-vulnerable intracranial atherosclerosis | Central nervous system vasculitis | Moyamoya disease |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Features on vessel wall MR imaging | A narrowed luminal artery, wall thickening with irregular inner margin, eccentric (non-uniformly) enhancement or hemorrhagic component. | A narrowed luminal artery, wall thickening with irregular inner margin, without enhancement nor hemorrhagic component. | Circumferential (uniformly) wall enhancement with regular smooth inner margin. | Narrowing of luminal artery without post-contrast enhancement of the wall, no hemorrhagic nor fatty content. |
Number of the studied cases | 8 cases | 3 cases | 3 cases | 2 cases |