CT and MRI Findings in Patients with Hyperglycemic Encephalopathy: Three Cases Report
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
;
: 443-446, 2000.
Article
in Korean
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ABSTRACT
We describe the distinctive brain CT and MRI findings seen in the putamen of three patients with hyperglycemia. The chief complaint of these patients was either chorea (n=1) or mental change (n=2). They showed hyperglycemia, but physical examination and laboratory data revealed no other abnormalities. In all patients, non-enhanced CT scanning revealed high-attenuated lesions in the unilateral putamen. In two of the three patients, brain MRI performed two days after the onset of symptoms showed an abnormally high signal on T1-weighted images and a low signal on T2-weighted images. One patient had a history of diabetes mellitus, and another had acute myocardiac infarction. The third had no specific history. After the correction of hyperglycemia, the patient's symptoms subsided and diabetes mellitus was diagnosed.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Physical Examination
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Putamen
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Brain
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Chorea
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Diabetes Mellitus
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Hyperglycemia
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Infarction
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
Year:
2000
Type:
Article
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