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Recurrent Clinically Mild Encephalitis/Encephalopathy with a Reversible Splenial Lesion (MERS) on Diffusion Weighted Imaging: A Case Report  

Hong, Jung-Yeun (Department of Pediatrics, Jeju National University College of Medicine)
Park, Ji-Kang (Department of Radiology, Jeju National University College of Medicine)
Kim, Seung-Hyoung (Department of Radiology, Jeju National University College of Medicine)
Choi, Guk-Myung (Department of Radiology, Jeju National University College of Medicine)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.64, no.3, 2011 , pp. 213-216 More about this Journal
Abstract
We report serial MR imaging of an 11-year-old boy who had a recurrent episode of clinically mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion. During the first episode, brain lesions were limited to the corpus callosum. However, for the second episode, the lesions were distributed in the corpus callosum and bilateral deep white matter. No abnormality remained in the follow-up MR images obtained after full recovery.
Keywords
Encephalitis; Recurrence; Corpus Callosum; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
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