{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["35(8)"],"submitter":["Walker BS"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background and purpose</h4>Calcified cerebral emboli are a rarely reported but devastating cause of stroke and may be the first manifestation of vascular or cardiac disease. Our aim was to evaluate the diagnosis, prevalence, imaging appearance, presumed embolic source, treatment, and outcome of patients with calcified cerebral emboli.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Our radiology information system was searched for all CT scans by using keywords \"calcified,\" \"emboli,\" and their permutations. The radiology information system was also searched to identify all \"stroke\" CT reports to calculate the prevalence of calcified cerebral emboli. We also performed a MEDLINE search to identify all published case reports.<h4>Results</h4>Twenty-two cases were identified from our database, and 48 were cas"],"journal":["AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology"],"pagination":["1515-9"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7964438"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Calcified cerebral emboli, a \"do not miss\" imaging diagnosis: 22 new cases and review of the literature."],"pmcid":["PMC7964438"],"pubmed_authors":["Osborn AG","Walker BS","Shah LM"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Calcified cerebral emboli, a \"do not miss\" imaging diagnosis: 22 new cases and review of the literature.","description":"<h4>Background and purpose</h4>Calcified cerebral emboli are a rarely reported but devastating cause of stroke and may be the first manifestation of vascular or cardiac disease. Our aim was to evaluate the diagnosis, prevalence, imaging appearance, presumed embolic source, treatment, and outcome of patients with calcified cerebral emboli.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Our radiology information system was searched for all CT scans by using keywords \"calcified,\" \"emboli,\" and their permutations. The radiology information system was also searched to identify all \"stroke\" CT reports to calculate the prevalence of calcified cerebral emboli. We also performed a MEDLINE search to identify all published case reports.<h4>Results</h4>Twenty-two cases were identified from our database, and 48 were cas","dates":{"release":"2014-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2014 Aug","modification":"2025-04-18T17:41:13.221Z","creation":"2025-04-07T05:18:04.282Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7964438","cross_references":{"pubmed":["24651819"],"doi":["10.3174/ajnr.A3892","10.3174/ajnr.a3892"]}}