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Letter to the editor - quantitative serial t2 relaxometry and cerebral cysticercosis.

Beuy Joob1, Viroj Wiwanitkit2.   

Abstract

Sir, the report on "Quantitative serial T2 relaxometry and cerebral cysticercosis" is very interesting (1). Nalini et al. described possible values of quantitative serial T2 relaxometry and cerebral cysticercosis on serial MRI in patients with a solitary cerebral cysticercal lesion (1). This observation might imply a role for quantitative serial T2 relaxometry in cerebral cysticercosis. However, there are many considerations in this report. First, without a control group, it might not be possible to mention that the observed serial change is due to the response to the antiparasitic drug. Second, quantitative serial T2 relaxometry is not routinely used and available. Routinely, the follow-up of a case is simple neuroimaging with the need to use quantitative serial T2 relaxometry (2). The use of radiation-free MRI might be more appropriate for follow-up (3).

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Keywords:  cerebral cysticercosis; quantitative serial T2 relaxometry

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Year:  2014        PMID: 25489903      PMCID: PMC4291804          DOI: 10.15274/NRJ-2014-10105

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Neuroradiol J        ISSN: 1971-4009


  3 in total

1.  [Neurocysticercosis: five years follow-up of 21 patients].

Authors:  Jorge Nogales-Gaete; Paz Arias-Quezada; Felipe Jurado-Díaz
Journal:  Rev Med Chil       Date:  2013-10       Impact factor: 0.553

2.  Why MRI of brain is superior to CT in multiple neurocysticercosis?

Authors:  Rajesh Verma; Rakesh Lalla
Journal:  BMJ Case Rep       Date:  2012-06-14

3.  Quantitative serial T2 relaxometry: a prospective evaluation in solitary cerebral cysticercosis.

Authors:  Atchayaram Nalini; Aaron de Souza; Jitender Saini; Kandavel Thennarasu
Journal:  Neuroradiol J       Date:  2014-06-17
  3 in total

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