title: Optic neuritis with silent cerebral lesions: availability of FLAIR sequences.
abstract: A 10-year-old male suffering from acute optic neuritis is reported with multiple silent cerebral lesions, which remained visible only with fluid-attenuated inversion recovery sequences at 3-week intervals. Conventional sequences with magnetic resonance imaging did not visualize the lesions. Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery sequences are highly sensitive for the detection of silent lesions in acute optic neuritis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Takanashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takatsuna
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Niimi
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000473:pathology; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA