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Journal of Pediatric Neuroradiology 2013; 02(01): 097-108
DOI: 10.3233/PNR-13050
Review Article
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart – New York

Acquired white matter injury: Infection and inflammatory processes

Travis Beckwith
a   Departments of Radiology, Neuroscience, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Kim M. Cecil
b   Departments of Radiology, Neuroscience, Pediatrics, and Environmental Health, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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20 December 2011

21 March 2012

Publication Date:
29 July 2015 (online)

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Abstract

This article reviews the literature for neuroimaging features found in the pediatric population associated with infectious processes, specifically those with bacterial, fungal and parasitic origins. Magnetic resonance imaging is performed in patients with infectious and inflammatory disorders to further characterize involvement, especially within the white matter, assess for ischemia or poor response to pharmacologic therapy in a worsening clinical presentation, and assess for complications.

Keywords

Cytomegalovirus - enterovirus 71 - Epstein-Barr - herpes simplex - human immunodeficiency virus - rubella - abscess - neurocysticercosis - toxoplasmosis