We report on the brain diffusion MR imaging findings in a neonate with severe hypernatremic dehydration, which resulted in cerebral edema (osmotic edema) and in apparent diffusion coefficient decrease, despite a careful and slow rehydration. This report provides in vivo insight into nervous cell response to osmotic challenge.
Brain apparent diffusion coefficient decrease during correction of severe hypernatremic dehydration / A. Righini, L. Ramenghi, S. Zipoli, F. Mosca, F. Triulzi. - In: AJNR, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY. - ISSN 0195-6108. - 26:7(2005), pp. 1690-1694.
Brain apparent diffusion coefficient decrease during correction of severe hypernatremic dehydration
F. MoscaPenultimo
;F. Triulzi
2005
Abstract
We report on the brain diffusion MR imaging findings in a neonate with severe hypernatremic dehydration, which resulted in cerebral edema (osmotic edema) and in apparent diffusion coefficient decrease, despite a careful and slow rehydration. This report provides in vivo insight into nervous cell response to osmotic challenge.File in questo prodotto:
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