Citation

Kobayashi K, Tha KK, Terae S, Iijima Y, Katabami K, Minami Y, Uegaki S, Gando S, Shirato H. J. Comput. Assist. Tomogr. 2011; 35(4): 498-500.

Affiliation

Departments of Diagnostic Radiology, Radiobiology and Medical Engineering, and Emergency and Critical Care Center, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/RCT.0b013e3182220082

PMID

21765309

Abstract

We report a case of heat stroke in which detection of brain injury was improved by high b-value diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI). High b-value DWI revealed moderate to marked hyperintensity at/around bilateral dentate nuclei and part of thalami. Apparent diffusion coefficient maps revealed apparent diffusion coefficient decrease of the dentate lesions. Routine DWI showed only mild hyperintensity of part of dentate lesions. High b-value DWI could be valuable for improved detection of heat stroke-induced brain injury.

Language: en