Title of article :
Diagnostic usefulness of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in influenza-associated acute encephalopathy or encephalitis
Author/Authors :
Yoichi Tokunaga، نويسنده , , Ryutaro Kira، نويسنده , , Megumi Takemoto، نويسنده , , Kenjiro Gondo، نويسنده , , Hisakazu Ishioka، نويسنده , , Futoshi Mihara، نويسنده , , Toshiro Hara، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2000
Pages :
3
From page :
451
To page :
453
Abstract :
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study was performed for a 20-month-old girl with an influenza type A infection who presented acute encephalopathy. Conventional MRI performed 8 days after the onset of encephalopathy, including T1-weighted, T2-weighted, and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery imaging, revealed only vague lesions in the right frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes. In contrast, diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) then demonstrated the lesions much more intensively. On the 26th day, the lesions previously observed on DWI had become less discernible. The hyperintensity observed on DWI might reflect cytotoxic edema. Thus, DWI may be useful for evaluation of acute influenzal encephalopathy/encephalitis.
Keywords :
magnetic resonance imaging , Diffusion-weighted imaging , In¯uenza A virus , Encephalitis , Encephalopathy
Journal title :
Brain and Development
Serial Year :
2000
Journal title :
Brain and Development
Record number :
494272
Link To Document :
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