PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Tsai, F Y
AU  - Teal, J S
AU  - Heishima, G B
AU  - Zee, C S
AU  - Grinnell, V S
AU  - Mehringer, C M
AU  - Segall, H D
TI  - Computed tomography in acute posterior fossa infarcts.
DP  - 1982 Mar 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 149--156
VI  - 3
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/3/2/149.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/3/2/149.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.1982 Mar 01; 3
AB  - Thirty-one cases of acute posterior fossa infarcts are reported. CT evidence of obliterated posterior fossa cisterns and hydrocephalus indicates a grave prognosis due to brainstem compression. Progressive obliteration of posterior fossa cisterns may be used as an indicator for surgical decompression. Patients with intact posterior fossa cisterns had good recoveries without surgical treatment. CT can be used to diagnose the very early phase of an acute posterior fossa infarct and has prognostic value in predicting the outcome.