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. 2018 Nov;8(10):1066-1068.
doi: 10.21037/qims.2018.10.10.

Unusual magnetic resonance imaging findings in a patient with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome

Hyug-Gi Kim  1 , Kyung Mi Lee  1 , Jin San Lee  2
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Unusual magnetic resonance imaging findings in a patient with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome

Hyug-Gi Kim et al. Quant Imaging Med Surg. 2018 Nov.
No abstract available

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
MRI findings of the patient. (A) Multiple bilateral hyperintense subcortical white matter lesions in the bilateral parieto-occipital lobes, temporal pole white matter, and pons on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery sequence; (B) an acute focal infarction at the right centrum semiovale based on diffusion weighted imaging and apparent diffusion coefficient map (arrows); (C) a saccular aneurysm at the origin of the right middle cerebral artery bifurcation (arrow); (D) several cerebral microbleeds in the left basal ganglia, bilateral occipital lobes, and pons on susceptibility-weighted imaging (arrows); (E) follow-up brain MRI. MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.
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