BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Previous studies have shown that lesions in posterior
reversible encephalopathy syndrome are often isointense on diffusion-weighted MR images. We …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the fractional anisotropy values of
several white matter tracts with the aim of differentiating a healthy population from persons with …

Brain death is the irreversible cessation of all brain function. Although protocols for its
determination vary among countries, the concept of brain death is widely accepted, despite ethical …

We present two patients with sepsis and intracerebral microbleeds. The first case is a nine
years old girl who presented visual hallucinations, tremors in the limbs, and an episode of …

Objective: To report a pediatric case of central pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis, a rare
neurological disease often associated with rapid correction of hyponatremia. Description: A …

OBJECTIVE: To study the white matter of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) with diffusion
tensor magnetic resonance (MR) imaging (DTI). METHOD: Forty patients with clinical-…

… II ; Letícia Oliveira Faleiros III ; Luiz Celso Hygino da Cruz Jr. IV ; Romeu Cortes Domingues
V ; Adriana Rocha Brito VI ; Jairo Werner Jr. VII ; Gesmar Volga Haddad Herdy VIII …

OBJECTIVE: The present study was aimed at evaluating the role of diffusion tensor imaging
for the assessment of different patterns of white matter involvement in patients with brain …

OBJETIVO: O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a confiabilidade da análise visual qualitativa
dos achados de imagem de ressonância magnética (RM) em recém-nascidos prematuros …

A 44-year-old woman presented with a fever and cough for five days. After three days of
symptoms, she presented with paresis of the four limbs, diplopia, vomiting, and dysphagia. …