title: Reversible focal splenial lesion of the corpus callosum on MR images in a patient with malnutrition.
abstract: T2-weighted MR (magnetic resonance) images of a 19-year-old woman undergoing concurrent chemoradiotherapy for a nasopharyngeal carcinoma revealed a lesion marked by focal hyper signal intensity in the splenium of the corpus callosum. The lesion was not visible two weeks later. She suffered from malnutrition caused by appetite loss during chemotherapy. We concluded that the lesion revealed by the abnormal signal intensity in the splenium had been caused by malnutrition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan. overtastecandy@arion.ocn.ne.jp
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kosugi
authors.forename: Haruo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Isoda
authors.forename: Michiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: Harumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakahara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002100:Cachexia / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy