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Imaging Patterns of Toxic and Metabolic Brain Disorders

Thalami, Mammillary Bodies and Tectum: Wernicke Encephalopathy
Dentate Nuclei: Metronidazole,
Brain Disorders ... Pons: ODS #MRI ... #Brain #Disorders ... #Clinical #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Leigh Syndrome 
History: 19-month-old girl with hypotonia, developmental 
delay, failure to thrive, and bilateral optic disc
Mitochondrial disorder ... bilateral & symmetric T2 ... Leigh #Syndrome #Clinical ... #MRI #Brain #Diagnosis ... #Radiology
Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection- Ultrasonographic images showed ventricular dilatation in the fetal brain, and T2-weighted magnetic resonance
dilatation in the fetal brain ... , and T2-weighted ... the newborn’s brain ... #clinical #NEJM ... #radiology #MRI
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... Non-neuromuscular disorder ... nervous system: Brain ... • Mononeuritis multiplex ... EMG) studies • MRI
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... spinal cord • T2 ... - Increased T2 ... brain and/or optic ... management #neurology #differential
Hydroxyapatite Deposition Disease (HADD) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Ovoid hypointense structures along the bursal surface
Disease (HADD) - MSK Radiology ... • T2-hyperintense ... • MRI shows globular ... other systemic disorders ... #mri #clinical
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
parietal lobes of the brain ... Increased signal on T2 ... Reversible course Differential ... Drug toxicity, Metabolic ... parietal lobes of the brain
Nonossifying Fibroma with Pathologic Fracture - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Cortically based, geographic, lucent lesion with
Fracture - MSK Radiology ... lesion with T1- and T2 ... • Multiple NOF's ... Differential diagnosis ... #mri #clinical