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Reversible hyperintensity lesion on diffusion-weighted MRI in hypoglycemic coma

From the Departments of Neurosurgery (Drs. Aoki, Sato, Ishizaki, and Saiki) and Cardiology (Dr. Hasegawa), Shiga Medical Center for Adults, Japan.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Tomohiro Aoki, Department of Neurosurgery, Shiga Medical Center for Adults, Moriyama 5-4-30, Moriyama city, Shiga, Japan; e-mail: spetzler{at}hotmail.com

In a woman aged 73 years who recovered from hypoglycemic coma without neurologic deficit after glucose infusion, admission diffusion-weighted MRI showed the presence of hyperintensive lesions. The lesions regressed after glucose infusion.

Received December 23, 2003. Accepted in final form February 24, 2004.

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