Abstract
We report a new radiological finding in two patients with hepatic encephalopathy. A new susceptibility-weighted (SWI) magnetic resonance imaging sequence revealed multiple bilateral microsusceptibility changes in the corpus callosum and white matter, while the conventional T1 and T2 weighted images were unremarkable. We postulate that the etiology of the microsusceptibility changes may be related to hepatic coagulopathy and other factors, such as impaired cerebral blood flow and brain edema.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-7 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Radiology Case Reports |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 2011 |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Keywords
- Brain mri
- Hepatic encephalopathy
- Neuroradiology
- Susceptibility-weighted imaging
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