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.
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea.
Byung-Wan
BW
Lee
Eun Sun
ES
Jin
Hyung-Sik
HS
Hwang
Hyung-Joon
HJ
Yoo
Je Hoon
JH
Jeong
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