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Hemolytic-uremic syndrome CT scan
Introduction
Overview
Overview
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
CT scan
- 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.
References
References
- ↑ Steinborn M, Leiz S, Rüdisser K, Griebel M, Harder T, Hahn H (2004). “CT and MRI in haemolytic-uraemic syndrome with central nervous system involvement: distribution of lesions and prognostic value of imaging findings”. Pediatr Radiol. 34 (10): 805–10. doi:10.1007/s00247-004-1289-2. PMID 15378218.
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