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Published on: November 9, 2018
Intoxication with oral hypoglycemics as a cause of diffuse brain injury: case report
Emerson L Gasparetto1, Leila Caroline Bianchet, Taisa Davaus
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Paraná, Curitiba PR - Brasil.
Objective:
To present the imaging findings of a patient with diffuse brain injury secondary to intoxication with oral hypoglycemics.
Case Report:
A nine years-old boy presented with generalized tonic-clonic convulsions and decreased consciousness. Laboratory investigation demonstrated blood glucose level of 21 mg/dL. The magnetic resonance imaging showed cortical and subcortical temporo-parieto-occipital areas of high signal on T2 and low signal on T1, with high signal on the diffusion-weighted images and low signal on apparent diffusion coefficient maps.
Conclusion:
Cortical and subcortical temporal, parietal and occipital ischemic lesions may be seen in patients with intoxication by oral hypoglycemics.
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