| Literature DB >> 11512592 |
S Schmidt1, F Gudinchet, K Meagher-Villemure, P Maeder.
Abstract
We describe radiological demonstration of brain involvement in haemolytic-uraemic syndrome (HUS) in two siblings with a very different clinical course. While the brother presented with a mild, reversible encephalopathy, his sister developed high-signal lesions in the cortex, putamen and caudate nucleus on T1-weighted images, seen as dense areas on CT. Biopsy revealed coagulative necrosis due to microthrombosis without haemorrhage, calcification or infection. These findings suggest a possible prognostic role for MRI in cases of encephalopathy due to HUS.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11512592 DOI: 10.1007/s002340100557
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neuroradiology ISSN: 0028-3940 Impact factor: 2.804