title: Cytotoxic edema in neuro-Behcet's disease ?
abstract: We report a case of a 52-year-old woman with Behcet's disease who presented with dysarthria and right-sided hemiparesis. T2-weighted and diffusion-weighted images (DWI) showed a hyperintense lesion in the left pons with a relatively decreased apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC). Imaging showed almost complete resolution of the lesion after treatment with prednisolone. The atypical DWI and ADC findings in this case may reflect cytotoxic edema due to excitotoxic brain injury. This case thus illustrates the radiological diversity of neuro-Behcet's lesions.
authors.affiliation: Departmant of Clinical Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima. pshisha2001@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Isha
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shrestha
authors.forename: Tomohiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohshita
authors.forename: Hiromitsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Naka
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morino
authors.forename: Masayasu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
mesh_terms: D001528:Behcet Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010291:Paresis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D011239:Prednisolone