Magnetic resonance imaging in infections of the brain: findings in tuberculosis, listeriosis, toxoplasmosis, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, and multiple sclerosis.
A total of 6 patients with various inflammatory brain diseases were investigated by MRI. Typical diagnostic criteria like signal intensity, location, and morphology of the lesions are presented. MRI proves to be a highly sensitive method to detect encephalitic foci, which, however, suffers from a low specificity. Therefore additional informations like case history, clinical findings, and serological data have to be considered to find the correct diagnosis.
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Deutsche Klinik für Diagnostik, Fachbereich Kernspintomographie, Wiesbaden, West Germany.
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D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013344:Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis*