Spot Sign on Initial Brain Computed Tomography Angiography Source Image to Predict Large Hemorrhagic Transformation after Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction

ABSTRACT

The spot sign refers to tiny enhanced foci within the hematoma on a brain computed tomography angiography image. A spot sign is usually considered to be associated with hematoma progression in patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage. We describe a patient with infarction of the left middle cerebral artery where a spot sign was observed. A spot sign may also have significant predictive value for large hemorrhagic transformation in patients with ischemic stroke.