title: [Cerebral white matter lesions: differential diagnosis on magnetic resonance imaging].
abstract: It is often difficult to make a differential diagnosis of cerebral white-matter lesions on magnetic resonance images (MRI), because imaging findings are non-specific. However, it is possible to make a correct diagnosis of some kinds of cerebral white-matter lesions upon a detailed analysis of MRI. In analyzing MRI of cerebral white matter lesions, the localization and shape of white-matter lesions are important factors to make a differential diagnosis. Other images such as diffusion-weighted or T2-star weighted images are sometimes also useful for making such a diagnosis. In this manuscript, I describe how to read MRI of cerebral white-matter lesions, and present some educational cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital.
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakata
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009474:Neurons / Q000473:pathology; D066127:White Matter / Q000473:pathology*