title: Infectious and metabolic brain imaging.
abstract: Central nervous system infectious and metabolic disease is a vast domain. We have chosen to focus particularly on five pathological conditions: brain abscess, herpes encephalitis, Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, posterior reversible encephalopathy and central pontine myelinolysis. We will pay particular attention to MRI signs and the specific sequences to use in each condition, in addition to the conventional sequences, in order to avoid diagnostic traps. Once the MRI exploration is complete, the diagnosis still cannot be established without knowing the clinical and metabolic context.
authors.affiliation: Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology Department, Hôpital René et Guillaume-Laënnec, CHU de Nantes, Saint-Herblain, France. elisabeth.calvier@chu-nantes.fr
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Auffray-Calvier
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Toulgoat
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Daumas-Duport
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lintia Gaultier
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Desal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001928:Brain Diseases, Metabolic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002494:Central Nervous System Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D059906:Neuroimaging; D055815:Young Adult