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T2*-weighted gradient echo (GE) imaging is useful for detection of intracranial hemorrhage in the patients with diffusion axonal injury (DAI). However, the temporal changes in the DAI-related lesions on T2*-weighted GE images are not clear. We report two very rare cases with DAI in which lesions identified on T2*-weighted GE images resolved in less than ten days.
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Ezaki, Y., Tsutsumi, K., Morikawa, M. et al. Lesions identified on T2*-weighted gradient echo images in two patients with suspected diffuse axonal injury that resolved in less than ten days. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 148, 547–550 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-005-0692-2
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