Nearly completely reversible brain abnormalities in a patient with incontinentia pigmenti.
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SUMMARY We report a case of incontinentia pigmenti with reversible cortex and subcortical white matter necrosis-like presentation by MR imaging. The reversible changes in follow-up imaging of the patient with incontinentia pigmenti suggest a course of natural repair of inflammation or cerebrovascular disease.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology
دوره 29 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008