Acute multiple brain infarcts (AMBI)
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Acute multiple brain infarcts (AMBI). These occur with lacunar strokes. They account for about 30% of cases. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Type 1
- These occur with lacunar strokes
- They account for about 30% of cases
- They are due to artery-to-artery embolism or vasculitis
Type 2
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Causes
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Significance
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References
- Caso V, Budak K, Georgiadis D, Schuknecht B, Baumgartner RW. Clinical significance of detection of multiple acute brain infarcts on diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging. JNNP 2005; 76:514-518.
- Akhtar T, Shahjouei S, Zand R. Etiologies of simultaneous cerebral infarcts in multiple arterial territories: A simple literature-based pooled analysis. Neurol India 2019; 67:692-695.
- Sun LL, Tang WX, Tian M, Zhang L, Liu ZJ. Clinical manifestations and mechanisms of autoimmune disease-related multiple cerebral infarcts. Cell Transplant 2019; 28:1045-1052.
- Wen HM, Lam WW, Rainer T, et al. Multiple acute cerebral infarcts on diffusion-weighted imaging and risk of recurrent stroke. Neurology 2004; 63:1317-1319.
