INITIAL AND FOLLOW-UP MRI IN A CASE OF EARLY DIAGNOSED REYES-SYNDROME

Authors
OZDOBA C PFENNINGER J SCHROTH G
Citation
C. Ozdoba et al., INITIAL AND FOLLOW-UP MRI IN A CASE OF EARLY DIAGNOSED REYES-SYNDROME, Neuroradiology, 39(7), 1997, pp. 495-498
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging","Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neuroradiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283940
Volume
39
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
495 - 498
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3940(1997)39:7<495:IAFMIA>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Early MRI in a case of clinically established Reye's syndrome confirme d CT findings of compressed ventricles and additionally demonstrated s ignal alterations in the thalamus, mesencephalon and pens, On follow-u p MRI the pontine lesion had vanished by 1 week later, while the thala mic lesion persisted for more than 2 months, The patient, however, rec overed without neurological sequelae.