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Differential diagnosis of temporal lobe lesions with hyperintense signal on T2-weighted and FLAIR sequences: pictorial essay

Various neuropathologies produce hyperintense signals on T2-weighted or fluid-attenuated inversion recovery sequences of the temporal lobes. Recognition of the distribution pattern and associated findings may narrow the spectrum of differential diagnoses or suggest a specific disease. This pictorial...

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Autores principales: Santana, Larissa Marques, Valadares, Eduardo de Jesus Agapito, Rosa-Júnior, Marcos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Publicação do Colégio Brasileiro de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7170575/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32336830
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0100-3984.2018.0117
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Sumario:Various neuropathologies produce hyperintense signals on T2-weighted or fluid-attenuated inversion recovery sequences of the temporal lobes. Recognition of the distribution pattern and associated findings may narrow the spectrum of differential diagnoses or suggest a specific disease. This pictorial essay aims to illustrate the relatively common diseases that affect the temporal lobe, such as herpes simplex encephalitis, neurosyphilis, limbic encephalitis, postictal edema, neoplasia, and multiple sclerosis, as well as those that are less common, such as myotonic dystrophy type 1, CADASIL, and CARASIL, together with the particularities of each entity.