PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Tarr, R. AU - Taylor, C. L. AU - Selman, W. R. AU - Lewin, J. S. AU - Landis, D. TI - Good clinical outcome in a patient with a large CT scan hypodensity treated with intra-arterial urokinase after an embolic stroke AID - 10.1212/WNL.47.4.1076 DP - 1996 Oct 01 TA - Neurology PG - 1076--1078 VI - 47 IP - 4 4099 - http://n.neurology.org/content/47/4/1076.short 4100 - http://n.neurology.org/content/47/4/1076.full SO - Neurology1996 Oct 01; 47 AB - Hypodense regions demonstrated by CT within 6 hours of the onset of stroke may reflect irreversibly damaged tissue, and some have suggested that patients with such findings should be spared the risks of thrombolytic therapy since they are unable to benefit from it.We report here a patient with a low-density area demonstrated by CT less than 6 hours after onset of symptoms who improved dramatically after successful intra-arterial thrombolysis. NEUROLOGY 1996;47: 1076-1078