Hemolytic-uremic syndrome CT scan

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sogand Goudarzi, MD [2] Anila Hussain, MD [3]

CT scan may be helpful in diagnosing the CNS complications of hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS). Findings on CT scan suggestive of CNS complications of HUS include infarction, bleeding, cerebral edema, or white matter changes.

• CT scan may be helpful in diagnosing the CNS complications of hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS). Findings on CT scan suggestive of CNS complications of HUS include:^[1]
  • Infarction
  • Bleeding
  • Generalized cerebral edema
  • White matter changes
• Neuroimaging may also be useful in detecting the severity of CNS manifestations as well as pathological changes occuring in the brain.
• Although CT scan is initially, more detailed changes may be visualized on a MRI.

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