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Diffusion Tensor Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Analysis of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Published on: July 28, 2013
Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance images in a patient with neuropsychiatric lupus
Yasuyuki Iguchi1, Kazumi Kimura, Tsuyoshi Inoue
1Department of Stroke Medicine and Neurology, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki City, Okayama 701-0192, Japan. yigu@med.kawasaki-m.ac.jp
Abstract:
We report herein the case of a 27-year-old woman with neuropsychiatric lupus who experienced disturbance of consciousness and left hemiparesis. Steroid treatment was initiated and symptoms resolved within 2 months. T2- and diffusion-weighted imaging revealed signal hyper intensity in the right cerebral cortex. Apparent diffusion coefficient values in these lesions increased, but normalized over 2 months. These findings indicate that cortical lesions in patients with neuropsychiatric lupus could represent vasogenic oedema.
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