Hyperacute brain magnetic resonance imaging of decompression illness in a commercial breath‐hold diver

Abstract

Abstract Decompression illness in breath‐hold diving is a rare dysbaric disease mainly characterized by stroke‐like neurological disorders. The early use of DWI‐MRI combined with ADC map in suspected cases can help in the early diagnosis and treatment.

Keywords

• arterial gas embolism
• breath‐hold diving
• cerebral stroke
• decompression illness
• magnetic resonance imaging