Uremic Encephalopathy: MR Imaging Findings and Clinical Correlation.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Uremic encephalopathy is a metabolic disorder in patients with renal failure. The purpose of this study was to describe the MR imaging findings of uremic encephalopathy.

Materials and methods

This study retrospectively reviewed MR imaging findings in 10 patients with clinically proved uremic encephalopathy between May 2005 and December 2014. Parameters evaluated were lesion location and appearance; MR signal intensity of the lesions on T1WI, T2WI, and T2 fluid-attenuated inversion recovery images; the presence or absence of restricted diffusion on diffusion-weighted images and apparent diffusion coefficient maps; and the reversibility of documented signal-intensity abnormalities on follow-up MR imaging.

Results

MR imaging abnormalities accompany

SUBMITTER: Kim DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7984681 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature