Reversible MR findings of hemolytic uremic syndrome with mild encephalopathy

H Ogura; M Takaoka; M Kishi; M Kimoto; T Shimazu; T Yoshioka; H Sugimoto

Reversible MR findings of hemolytic uremic syndrome with mild encephalopathy

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1998 Jun-Jul;19(6):1144-5.

Authors

H Ogura¹, M Takaoka, M Kishi, M Kimoto, T Shimazu, T Yoshioka, H Sugimoto

Affiliation

¹ Department of Traumatology and Critical Care Medicine, Osaka University Medical School, Suita City, Japan.

PMID: 9672029
PMCID: PMC8338659

Abstract

We report the reversible MR findings in a 7-year-old girl with hemolytic uremic syndrome and mild encephalopathy. The splenium of the corpus callosum showed isointense to low signal intensity on T1-weighted images and high signal intensity on T2-weighted images, representing local edema. These findings returned to near normal on MR images obtained 1 week later. The patient recovered without CNS impairment.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brain / pathology*
Brain Ischemia / diagnosis*
Child
Corpus Callosum / pathology*
Enteritis / diagnosis
Escherichia coli Infections / diagnosis
Escherichia coli O157
Female
Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome / diagnosis*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*