Saturday, September 22, 2012

Encephalitis

1-It appears as a hypo intense lesion in T1 and hyper intense lesion in T2 in deep and sub cortical white matter with edges resemble that of vasogenic edema ( finger like ), with no definite mass effect or shift of the mid line structures.

2-Examples as HIV and Herpes simplex encephalitis.

3- Other D.D.:

-Adrenoleucodystrophy (A).

-Tuberculoma (T).

-Radiation injury (R).               E  D  A           T

-Deep white matter ischemia (D).

-Encephalomalacia (E).

4-Adrenoleucodystrophy:

Bilateral, symmetrical coming out from ventricles.


5-Encephalitis and tuberculoma:




6-Radiation injury:





7-Encephalomalacia:

As the mass effect resolves and the infarcted tissue is resorbed, the adjacent sulci and ventricle will enlarge. The end result is a chronic infarct with focal areas of cystic encephalomalacia and some surrounding parenchymal change due to gliosis.



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