Open AccessA prospective study of magnetic resonance imaging patterns of central nervous system infections in pediatric age group and young adults and their clinico-biochemical correlation
Author(s) -
Kamini Gupta,
Avik Banerjee,
Kavita Saggar,
Archana Ahluwalia,
Karan Saggar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1745.181244
Subject(s) - medicine , fluid attenuated inversion recovery , hyperintensity , viral encephalitis , magnetic resonance imaging , cerebrospinal fluid , encephalitis , pathology , central nervous system , acute disseminated encephalomyelitis , coronal plane , prospective cohort study , radiology , virus , immunology
Infections of the central nervous system (CNS) are common and routinely encountered. Our aim was to evaluate the neuroimaging features of the various infections of the CNS so as to differentiate them from tumoral, vascular, and other entities that warrant a different line of therapy.