title: MRI in carcinomatous encephalitis.
abstract: We report a rare case of miliary brain metastases presenting with symptoms similar to encephalitis ("carcinomatous encephalitis"). Contrast-enhanced MRI demonstrated miliary metastases more distinctly than other imaging methods and reproduced the pathological features.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shirai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kajihara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gyoten
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kamei
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shirabe
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000473:pathology; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology