Two women with viral encephalitis of unknown etiology were studied with serial MR studies at 1.5 Tesla using: Spin-Echo (SE) T1-weighted (T1w) sequences before and after i.v. administration of paramagnetic contrast agent, with/without magnetization transfer (MT), Fast SE and Fluid-attenuated Inversion Recovery (FLAIR) T2-weighted sequences, Echo-Planar Single-Shot sequences for the assessment of water diffusivity (Diffusion Weighted, DW, and Apparent Diffusion Coefficient maps, ADC). The DW and T1w sequences with MT after contrast were most useful to detect the initial pathologic alterations, thereby reinforcing the clinical diagnostic hypothesis and prompting appropriate drug treatment, even if the laboratory data were not conclusive for viral etiology. In a later phase, both cases showed MR evidence of lacunar foci in the grey matter, and cortical laminar necrosis, probably indicating a concomitant hypoxic/ischemic mechanism
Acute encephalitis of unknown etiology: Early diagnosis and follow-up of disease evolution. MRI. A pictorial essay / La Tessa, G.; Tedeschi, Enrico; Covelli, E. M.; Pasqualetto, L.; Cirillo, M.; Belfiore, G.. - In: THE NEURORADIOLOGY JOURNAL. - ISSN 1971-4009. - ELETTRONICO. - 19:(2006), pp. 313-321. [10.1177/197140090601900307]
Acute encephalitis of unknown etiology: Early diagnosis and follow-up of disease evolution. MRI. A pictorial essay
TEDESCHI, ENRICO;
2006
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Two women with viral encephalitis of unknown etiology were studied with serial MR studies at 1.5 Tesla using: Spin-Echo (SE) T1-weighted (T1w) sequences before and after i.v. administration of paramagnetic contrast agent, with/without magnetization transfer (MT), Fast SE and Fluid-attenuated Inversion Recovery (FLAIR) T2-weighted sequences, Echo-Planar Single-Shot sequences for the assessment of water diffusivity (Diffusion Weighted, DW, and Apparent Diffusion Coefficient maps, ADC). The DW and T1w sequences with MT after contrast were most useful to detect the initial pathologic alterations, thereby reinforcing the clinical diagnostic hypothesis and prompting appropriate drug treatment, even if the laboratory data were not conclusive for viral etiology. In a later phase, both cases showed MR evidence of lacunar foci in the grey matter, and cortical laminar necrosis, probably indicating a concomitant hypoxic/ischemic mechanismFile | Dimensione | Formato | |
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