Pontine Infarction: (Left) T2 weighted-axial MRI; (Middle) Flair axial MRI; (Right) Diffusion-weighted MRI. Note the bright signal in the right pons. On the diffusion-weighted image, the lesion is ...

Pontine Infarction: (Left) T2-weighted axial MRI; (Right) Flair axial MRI. Note the bright signal in the right pons. This infarct is in the distribution of one perforating branch of the basilar artery ...

Therefore, clinicians should recommend IVT for patients with suspected pontine infarction, even if their neurological deficits are mild within 4.5 h after onset,” the investigators wrote.

A CT angiogram and an MRI of the head reportedly showed a subacute infarct in the right side of the pons; intravenous alteplase was administered. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) was normal.