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Case Reports
. 2018 Mar-Apr;22(2):153-154.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2018.02.004. Epub 2018 Mar 1.

Rocky Mountain spotted fever: brain imaging findings

Bruna Melo Coelho Loureiro  1 , Fabiano Reis  2 , Grazielly de Fátima Pereira  3 , Cristina Alba Lalli  3
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever: brain imaging findings

Bruna Melo Coelho Loureiro et al. Braz J Infect Dis. 2018 Mar-Apr.
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Fig. 1
Magnetic resonance axial SWI (Susceptibility weighted imaging), at the level of the basal ganglia, shows multiple hypointense foci suggestive of petechial hemorrhages or possibly microthrombi in the white matter (subcortical and within the corpus callosum) and internal capsules and basal ganglia.
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Fig. 2
Magnetic resonance axial FLAIR-weighted image, at the level of the bodies of the lateral ventricles, shows a hyperintense lesion in the right periventricular white matter.
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Fig. 3
Magnetic resonance sagittal FLAIR weighted image, shows hyperintense foci in the anterior portion of the corpus callosum.
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