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Japanese encephalitis CT
Introduction
Overview
Overview
On CT scan, Japanese encephalitis is characterized by symmetric or asymmetric bilateral thalamic hypodensities, and subacute or chronic hemorrhagic lesions.
CT
CT
On CT scan, Japanese encephalitis is characterized by symmetric or asymmetric bilateral thalamic hypodensities, and subacute or chronic hemorrhagic lesions.[1][2][3][4] Other brain structures which may be involved include:
References
References
- ↑ Japanese encephalitis. Radiopaedia.org (2015). http://radiopaedia.org/articles/japanese-encephalitis Accessed on April 19, 2016.
- ↑ Japanese Encephalitis Symptoms and Treatment. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases. (2015) http://www.cdc.gov/japaneseencephalitis/symptoms/ Accessed on April 12, 2016.
- ↑ Misra UK, Kalita J, Goel D, Mathur A (2003). “Clinical, radiological and neurophysiological spectrum of JEV encephalitis and other non-specific encephalitis during post-monsoon period in India”. Neurol India. 51 (1): 55–9. PMID 12865517.
- ↑ Kim SS, Chang KH, Kim KW, Han MH, Park SH, Nam HW; et al. (2001). “Unusual acute encephalitis involving the thalamus: imaging features”. Korean J Radiol. 2 (2): 68–74. doi:10.3348/kjr.2001.2.2.68. PMC 2718104. PMID 11752973.
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