A case of hypoglycemic brain injuries with cortical laminar necrosis.
We report a case of 68-yr-old male who died from brain injuries following an episode of prolonged hypoglycemia. While exploring controversies surrounding magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings indicating the bad prognosis in patients with hypoglycemia-induced brain injuries, we here discuss interesting diffusion-MRI of hypoglycemic brain injuries and their prognostic importance focusing on laminar necrosis of the cerebral cortex.
Lee
Byung-Wan
BW
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea.
Jin
Eun Sun
ES
Hwang
Hyung-Sik
HS
Yoo
Hyung-Joon
HJ
Jeong
Je Hoon
JH
D000368:Aged; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000150:complications*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis / Q000209:etiology; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed