Magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities with septic encephalopathy.
A 48 year old woman, status post renal transplantation six years earlier, died after a two week illness characterised by fever, recurrent seizures, and coma. Widespread abnormalities were seen on neuroimaging. A diagnosis of septic encephalopathy was established on postmortem. We describe the magnetic resonance imaging findings of bilateral basal ganglia, thalamic, cerebellar, brainstem, and cerebral abnormalities in this patient, which correlate with the pathophysiology of septic encephalopathy.
Finelli
P F
PF
Departments of Neurology and Pathology, Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford 06102-5037, USA. Pfinell@harthosp.org
Uphoff
D F
DF
D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*