Investigation of the Clinical and Diffusion-Weighted Brain MRI Findings in the Patients with Repeated Transient Stereotypical Neurological Deficit

 Determine clinical and brain MRI findings in patients with repeated stereotypical TIA.

 Thirty-six patients with symptoms of repeated stereotypical TIA were performed MRI & MRA.

 Twenty patients had infarct that 14 cases had lacunar infarct and 6 cases had large infarct.Of these 20 patients, 12 cases had subcortical infarct and 8 cases had cortical infarct. Also, among 36 patients, 18 cases had artery stenosis. There is a significant relationship between artery stenosis and the presence of infarct.In addition, there was no significant relationship between infarct size and the size of the stenosed arteries.

 Most patients with repeated stereotypical TIA have infarct in DWI and they have a thrombotic cause and antiplatelet drug can be used instead of anticoagulants.