TY - JOUR
T1 - Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of neuro-Behçet's disease
T2 - A case report
AU - Hiwatashi, Akio
AU - Garber, Todd
AU - Moritani, Toshio
AU - Kinoshita, Toshibumi
AU - Westesson, Per Lennart
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2003/7/1
Y1 - 2003/7/1
N2 - We present a serial study of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in a patient with neuro-Behçet's disease. Initial T2-weighted magnetic resonance images showed a hyperintense lesion in the brain stem. The lesion was slightly hyperintense on DWI and the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) was slightly increased. Ten months later, DWI showed an improvement in the abnormal signal intensity and the region of increased ADC had increased in size, especially on the left side. DWI is useful for differentiating an acute exacerbation of neuro-Behçet's disease from acute infarction.
AB - We present a serial study of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in a patient with neuro-Behçet's disease. Initial T2-weighted magnetic resonance images showed a hyperintense lesion in the brain stem. The lesion was slightly hyperintense on DWI and the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) was slightly increased. Ten months later, DWI showed an improvement in the abnormal signal intensity and the region of increased ADC had increased in size, especially on the left side. DWI is useful for differentiating an acute exacerbation of neuro-Behçet's disease from acute infarction.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00234-003-1000-6
DO - 10.1007/s00234-003-1000-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 12819838
AN - SCOPUS:0043133729
VL - 45
SP - 468
EP - 471
JO - Neuroradiology
JF - Neuroradiology
SN - 0028-3940
IS - 7
ER -