A role for susceptibility weighted imaging in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
dc.contributor.author | Yap, SM | |
dc.contributor.author | Murray, B | |
dc.contributor.author | Lynch, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Kavanagh, E | |
dc.contributor.author | MacMahon, P | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-21T14:28:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-04-21T14:28:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-04 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/621284 | |
dc.description.abstract | We report a radiologic finding on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain of two cases of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) of hypointense signal of subcortical U-fibres on susceptibility weighted (SW) sequence. The first case is a 50-year-old man recently treated with chemotherapy including rituximab for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The second case is a 64-year-old woman with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Iron deposition is a likely causative factor. We propose that SWI may be especially useful in the assessment of indeterminate cases to reduce the likelihood of a missed diagnosis of PML | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Irish Medical Journal | en |
dc.subject | BRAIN DISORDERS | en |
dc.subject | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING | en |
dc.title | A role for susceptibility weighted imaging in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
dc.identifier.journal | Irish Medical Journal | en |
dc.description.funding | No funding | en |
dc.description.province | Leinster | en |
dc.description.peer-review | peer-review | en |
html.description.abstract | We report a radiologic finding on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain of two cases of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) of hypointense signal of subcortical U-fibres on susceptibility weighted (SW) sequence. The first case is a 50-year-old man recently treated with chemotherapy including rituximab for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The second case is a 64-year-old woman with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Iron deposition is a likely causative factor. We propose that SWI may be especially useful in the assessment of indeterminate cases to reduce the likelihood of a missed diagnosis of PML |