Acute High-Altitude Cerebral Edema Presenting as Extensive Microbleeds along the Corpus Callosum without T2 Hyperintensity: A Case Report and Literature Review
High-altitude cerebral edema (HACE) is a potentially fatal neurological syndrome that develops in persons traveling to a high altitude. We report the case of a 49-year-old male who had traveled to a high altitude, and lost consciousness for a few hours. Susceptibility-weighted images revealed mul...
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| description | High-altitude cerebral edema (HACE) is a potentially fatal neurological syndrome that develops
in persons traveling to a high altitude. We report the case of a 49-year-old male who had traveled
to a high altitude, and lost consciousness for a few hours. Susceptibility-weighted images
revealed multiple, fine black pepper like microbleeds along the corpus callosum with several
microbleeds in the left frontal and parietal subcortical white matter. The T2-weighted images
did not show any abnormal signal intensities along the corpus callosum. The diffusion-weighted
images revealed small nodular high signal intensities in the basal ganglia. This report describes
the atypical radiologic findings of HACE showing multiple microbleeds along the corpus
callosum, without abnormal high-signal intensity on T2-weighted images. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-199d1e08f6434a2d891dd24371aab9b12022-12-21T18:55:15ZengThe Korean Society of Radiology대한영상의학회지2288-29282021-07-01824953958https://doi.org/10.3348/jksr.2020.0143Acute High-Altitude Cerebral Edema Presenting as Extensive Microbleeds along the Corpus Callosum without T2 Hyperintensity: A Case Report and Literature ReviewJin Young SonJee Young KimSanghyuk ImHigh-altitude cerebral edema (HACE) is a potentially fatal neurological syndrome that develops in persons traveling to a high altitude. We report the case of a 49-year-old male who had traveled to a high altitude, and lost consciousness for a few hours. Susceptibility-weighted images revealed multiple, fine black pepper like microbleeds along the corpus callosum with several microbleeds in the left frontal and parietal subcortical white matter. The T2-weighted images did not show any abnormal signal intensities along the corpus callosum. The diffusion-weighted images revealed small nodular high signal intensities in the basal ganglia. This report describes the atypical radiologic findings of HACE showing multiple microbleeds along the corpus callosum, without abnormal high-signal intensity on T2-weighted images.https://doi.org/10.3348/jksr.2020.0143altitude sicknessbrain edemacerebral hemorrhagemagnetic resonance imaging |
| spellingShingle | Jin Young Son Jee Young Kim Sanghyuk Im Acute High-Altitude Cerebral Edema Presenting as Extensive Microbleeds along the Corpus Callosum without T2 Hyperintensity: A Case Report and Literature Review 대한영상의학회지 altitude sickness brain edema cerebral hemorrhage magnetic resonance imaging |
| title | Acute High-Altitude Cerebral Edema Presenting as Extensive Microbleeds along the Corpus Callosum without T2 Hyperintensity: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_full | Acute High-Altitude Cerebral Edema Presenting as Extensive Microbleeds along the Corpus Callosum without T2 Hyperintensity: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_fullStr | Acute High-Altitude Cerebral Edema Presenting as Extensive Microbleeds along the Corpus Callosum without T2 Hyperintensity: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acute High-Altitude Cerebral Edema Presenting as Extensive Microbleeds along the Corpus Callosum without T2 Hyperintensity: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_short | Acute High-Altitude Cerebral Edema Presenting as Extensive Microbleeds along the Corpus Callosum without T2 Hyperintensity: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_sort | acute high altitude cerebral edema presenting as extensive microbleeds along the corpus callosum without t2 hyperintensity a case report and literature review |
| topic | altitude sickness brain edema cerebral hemorrhage magnetic resonance imaging |
| url | https://doi.org/10.3348/jksr.2020.0143 |
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