Hypoglycemic encephalopathy

Case contributed by Mohammad A. ElBeialy , 22 Aug 2015
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Dylan Kurda, 22 Aug 2015

Updates to Study Attributes

Findings was changed:

Bilateral cerebral cortical and subcortical patchy and confluent lesions with restricted diffusion are seen with hyperintense DWI, low ADC signal & subtle T2/FLAIR hyperintensity. The amygdalae, the hippocampi as well as the insular cortices are seen involved. The deep grey matter nuclei (basal ganglia) as well as the the thalami and the cerebellum are spared.

A few bilateral cerebral deep white matter demyelinating lesions lesions with hyperintense T2/FLAIR signal are seen consistent with chronic small vessel disease. 

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