Open AccessCan diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) outperform standard magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) investigations in post-COVID-19 autoimmune encephalitis?
Author(s) -
Francesco Latini,
Markus Fahlström,
David Fällmar,
Niklas Marklund,
Janet L. Cunningham,
Amalia Feresiadou
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
upsala journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 2000-1967
pISSN - 0300-9734
DOI - 10.48101/ujms.v127.8562
Subject(s) - medicine , diffusion mri , magnetic resonance imaging , covid-19 , nuclear magnetic resonance , autoimmune encephalitis , fractional anisotropy , encephalitis , pathology , virology , radiology , virus , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , physics , outbreak
Neurological and psychiatric manifestations related to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection are widely recognised. Standard magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) investigations are normal in 40-80% of symptomatic patients, eventually delaying appropriate treatment when MRI is unrevealing any structural changes. The aim of this study is to investigate white matter abnormalities during an early stage of post-COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) encephalitis while conventional MRI was normal.