Vasogenic edema in Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis: a serial MRI study.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
The authors report serial MRI of a patient with Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis (BBE), disclosing caudal migration of an initial upper midbrain lesion. High apparent diffusion coefficient values imply a vasogenic rather than cytotoxic edema as the cause of the hyperintense signal changes on T2-weighted images.
Medical subject headings
- Brain Edema
- Brain Stem
- Encephalitis
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Mesencephalon