23 year old with head injury since age 2. Seizures and right hemiparesis since age 10. [Neuroradiology] [CT] [MR]

[Left]: Head CT shows left hemispheric volume loss. The injury happened early enough that even the skull is smaller on that side.

[Right]: Brain MRI shows the severe left hemispheric atrophy. Some of the brain gyri have bulbous ends and a thin neck, resembling mushrooms, a shape called ulegyria and consequence of the brain atrophy. The left lateral ventricle is mildly enlarged due to the atrophied brain.

20 points · 3 comments · view on lemmy.world

3 Comments

gg123456789@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Any ideas which sequence the MRI image comes from (I'm guessing MP2RAGE but I'm seeing more vessels like FLAIR)?

Spectator@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Just a standard T2 sequence.

FLAIR would have dark CSF, since that's what FLAIR is designed to suppress - CSF.

MPRAGE is a T1 sequence that's usually done with contrast.

gg123456789@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

Got it, thanks for clarifying 👍