Diffuse Hypoxic Ischemic Injury
Diffuse loss of grey/white differentiation with presence of pseudo-subarachnoid sign, diffuse edema and loss of sulci, and tonsillar herniation through foramen magnum in keeping with diffuse hypoxic ischemic injury.
ICA Occlusion - Look at the skull base for
Stroke Mimics - This was a Tumor!
Stroke Mimic - Not every hypoattenuation on CT is indicative of acute stroke. Given the preservation of cortical gray white in the insula, and in fact cortical expansion, this was a tumor with underlying vasogenic edema producing this appearance.
StriatoCapsular infarct
Striatocapsular infarcts involve the striatum (ie the caudate nucleus and putamen), without involvement of the cortex secondary to either a complete or partial proximal MCA occlusion limiting flow to the lenticulostriate arteries.
Classically patients exhibit both cortical (e.g. aphasia, sensory neglect or extinction, apraxia) and subcortical (e.g. upper limb hemiparesis, dysarthria) neurological signs.
Matched Perfusion - No Ischemic Penumbra Present on CTP