Callosal and diffuse white matter lesions with restricted water diffusion in hemophagocytic syndrome

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 91-94

  Ishikura, Reiichi ^a   Ando, Kumiko ^a   Hirota, Shozo ^a   Okamoto, Noriaki ^a   Fatterpekar, Girish ^b   Sacher, Michael ^b  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Diffusion weighted image; Hemophagocytotic syndrome; MRI

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; MYELINATED NERVE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

BRAIN; CHILD; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS, HEMOPHAGOCYTIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; WATER;

EID: 77958140432     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.9.91     Document Type: Article

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