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AJNR - American Journal of Neuroradiology

Published ahead of print on December 7, 2007
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A0890

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American Journal of Neuroradiology 29:431-433, March 2008
© 2008 American Society of Neuroradiology

Case Report
PEDIATRICS

Nearly Completely Reversible Brain Abnormalities in a Patient with Incontinentia Pigmenti

H. Lou^a, L. Zhang^b, W. Xiao^a, J. Zhang^a and M. Zhang^a

^a Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
^b Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Please address correspondence to Minming Zhang, MD, Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China-310003; e-mail: cjr.zhangminming{at}vip.163.com

SUMMARY: We report a case of incontinentia pigmenti with reversible cortex and subcortical white matter necrosis-like presentation by MR imaging. The reversible changes in follow-up imaging of the patient with incontinentia pigmenti suggest a course of natural repair of inflammation or cerebrovascular disease.