MR of cerebral malaria.
In three cases of cerebral malaria, MR imaging disclosed either cortical infarcts (one case) or hyperintense areas of white matter (two cases) on T2-weighted and fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery sequences. These white matter abnormalities were, in one case, sharply limited, symmetrical, hyperintense, and unenhanced; in the other case, they were diffuse, hyperintense, and had a more limited focus. The diffuse hyperintensity was probably due to edema, whereas focal lesions were probably associated with gliosis.
Cordoliani
Y S
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Department of Radiology, Val-de-Grâce Armed Forces Hospital, Paris, France.
Sarrazin
J L
JL
Felten
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D
Caumes
E
E
Lévêque
C
C
Fisch
A
A
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008288:Malaria / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male