Use of diffusion-weighted imaging in recurrent central nervous system Whipple's disease: a case report and review of the literature

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-147

  Raheja, Amit A ^a   Lui, Yvonne W ^a   Pinzon Ardila, Alberto ^a   Lim, Ruth P ^b   Sparr, Steven A ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Diffusion; Infection; Magnetic resonance imaging; Whipple's disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CASE REPORTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; IN-DIFFUSION; INFECTION; N-ACETYLASPARTATE; POTENTIAL IMAGING;

DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

NEUROLOGY;

CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; SULFADIAZINE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM WHIPPLE DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSOMNIA; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MACROPHAGE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; STAINING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 77049092595     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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