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Bilateral basal ganglion haemorrhage in diabetic ketoacidotic coma: case report
B Ertl-Wagner1, O Jansen, S Schwab
1Department of Neuroradiology, University of Heidelberg School of Medicine, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. 100610.1545@compuserve.com
Neuroradiology
|October 20, 1999
Abstract:
We report bilateral oedema and haemorrhagic transformation in the basal ganglia of a 59-year old woman with severe diabetic ketoacidosis. Lack of cerebral vascular autoregulation, followed by blood-brain barrier disruption due to the so-called breakthrough mechanism is presumed to be the cause.