HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME - MR FINDINGS OF CNS COMPLICATIONS

MR findings of a patient with hemolytic uremic syndrome involving the CNS are described. Abnormal high signal intensity on T2-weighted image s combined with swelling in the lentiform nucleus, posterior limb of i nternal capsule, external capsule bilaterally, and left extreme capsul e was shown on initial MR; a small low signal intensity in the left pu tamen on T1- and T2-weighted images and generalized atrophy in the are a of high signal intensity on previous T2-weighted images was shown on follow-up MR. These findings indicate infarct with focal hemorrhage, which is one of the histopathological features of CNS complication in hemolytic uremic syndrome.