Reversible focal splenial lesion of the corpus callosum on MR images in a patient with malnutrition.
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.
Kosugi
Takashi
T
Department of Radiology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan. overtastecandy@arion.ocn.ne.jp
Isoda
Haruo
H
Imai
Michiko
M
Sakahara
Harumi
H
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