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Case Reports
. 2019 May 31;12(5):e230470.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-230470.

Extensive cerebellar necrosis

Bharat Hosur  1 , Sameer Vyas  1 , Lokesh Saini  2 , Shivan Kesavan  2
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Case Reports

Extensive cerebellar necrosis

Bharat Hosur et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: infection (neurology); neuroimaging.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Initial brain imaging (postventriculoperitoneal shunt): Non-contrast CT (A) showing bilaterally symmetrical cerebellar hypodensities, mild diffuse ventriculomegaly with pneumoventricle; MRI—axial T2 weighted (B), FLAIR (C), susceptibility weighted (D), diffusion (at b=1000 s/mm2) weighted (E) and apparent diffusion coefficient (F), showing bilaterally symmetrical non-restricting T2 hyperintensities with no significant susceptibility changes. Artefacts in relation to left cerebellar hemisphere (D–F) are due to ventriculoperitoneal shunt tube.
Figure 2
Figure 2
One-year follow-up MRI brain—axial T2 weighted (A), FLAIR (B), T1 weighted (C), susceptibility weighted (D), apparent diffusion coefficient (E) and contrast-enhanced T1 weighted (F) images showing, persisting non-progressive bilaterally symmetrical cerebellar T2 and FLAIR hyperintensities without restriction of diffusion and absence of contrast enhancement or susceptibility changes.
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