MRI DEMONSTRATION OF A REVERSIBLE LESION IN CEREBRAL DEEP WHITE-MATTER IN THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA

Authors
URUSHITANI M SERIU N UDAKA E KAMEYAMA M NISHINAKA K KODAMA M
Citation
M. Urushitani et al., MRI DEMONSTRATION OF A REVERSIBLE LESION IN CEREBRAL DEEP WHITE-MATTER IN THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA, Neuroradiology, 38(2), 1996, pp. 137-138
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging","Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neuroradiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283940
Volume
38
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
137 - 138
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3940(1996)38:2<137:MDOARL>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
We report a 75-year-old woman with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) whose MRI showed diffuse abnormal signal in the deep white matt er. She was successfully treated, and this abnormal signal disappeared . This finding indicates that the deep white matter is involved in TTP ; the lesion may reflect reversible microangiopathy and brain oedema.