RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Diffusion-Weighted Imaging of Cerebritis JF American Journal of Neuroradiology JO Am. J. Neuroradiol. FD American Society of Neuroradiology SP 1110 OP 1113 VO 24 IS 6 A1 Tung, Glenn A. A1 Rogg, Jeffrey M. YR 2003 UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/24/6/1110.abstract AB Summary: Restricted water diffusion has been used to distinguish pyogenic abscess from other rim-enhancing brain masses; however diffusion-weighted imaging of cerebral infection before capsule formation has rarely been described. We report a case of fungal cerebritis in which water diffusion was more restricted than that of normal contralateral brain and the measured diffusion coefficient was in the range of that reported for pyogenic brain abscess. In the proper clinical setting, cerebritis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of an ill-defined focal brain mass associated with markedly restricted water diffusion.