title: [MRI image analysis of 1,2-dichloroethane chronic toxic encephalopath].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the MRI features of 1,2-dichloroethane Chronic Toxic Encephalopathy of 10 cases.
  
  
  METHODS
  10 cases were examined by MRI, slice thickness 8 mm, layer from 2 mm, axial and coronal line scan, T1WI, T2WI, FLAIR imaging.
  
  
  RESULTS
  10 cases show varying degrees of abnormal signal of white matters, low signal intensity on T1WI, high signal intensity on T2WI and FLAIR. MRI could also show extensive abnormal signal in cerebral white matter although the toxic manifestation is mild to moderate. Therefore the symptoms and the shows of MRI could be inconsistent.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Combined with a history of exposure, the show of varying degrees of abnormal signal of white matter in 1,2-dichloroethane Chronic Toxic Encephalopathy cases are characteristic.
authors.affiliation: Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China.
authors.forename: Qing-quan
authors.initials: QQ
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Wei-cheng
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wen-han
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology*; D005025:Ethylene Dichlorides / Q000506:poisoning*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D005025:Ethylene Dichlorides; C024565:ethylene dichloride