A Case of Encephalitis with a Reversible Splenial Lesion on a Diffusion Weighted MRI Image.
- Author:
Hee Jeong SEO
1
;
Su Yeon KIM
;
Weol Min KIM
;
Yun Jeong HONG
;
Jong Hee SOHN
;
Sang Moo LEE
;
Hui Chul CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea. dohchi@hallym.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Splenium;
Encephalitis;
Diffusion MRI
- MeSH:
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging*;
Diffusion*;
Edema;
Encephalitis*;
Encephalitis, Viral;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Prognosis;
Young Adult
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2006;24(5):507-510
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Reversible splenial lesion may occur in encephalitis rarely. A 21-year-old man was admitted with viral encephalitis. High signal on the diffusion MRI and low signal on the ADC map image was showed in the splenium. As the patient improved, the lesion suggestive of cytotoxic edema was completely resolved one month later. Although the concrete pathophysiology of focal cytotoxic edema in encephalitis is unclear yet, MRI is valuable diagnostic tool to manage encephalitis in the view of prognosis.
