Open AccessDiffusion-Weighted MRI Predicts Prognosis in Hypoglycemic Encephalopathy: Case Report
Author(s) -
Gülistan Halaç,
Gülşen Kocaman,
Çiğdem Deniz,
Sedat Alpaslan Tuncel,
Talip Asıl
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
disease and molecular medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2147-6748
DOI - 10.5455/dmm.20150115041324
Subject(s) - medicine , diffusion mri , diffusion , encephalopathy , radiology , nuclear medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , physics , thermodynamics
Hypoglycemia may present with neurological symptoms. Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) may be useful for prediction of prognosis. We report a comatose patient who had severe hypoglycemia due to sepsis with lesions on MRI. The localization of lesions on MRI and prognosis of hypoglycemia were discussed. The hypoglycemia associated MRI lesions located in diffuse cerebral cortex is associated with worse prognosis. [Dis Mol Med 2015; 3(1.000): 8-10