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SM Journal Clinical and Medical Imaging

Interest of Diffusion MRI in Hypoglycemic Coma

[ ISSN : 3068-000X ]

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Received: 08-Jun-2017

Accepted: 08-Aug-2017

Published: 22-Aug-2017

Case Report | Volume 3 - Issue 2 | Article DOI :

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Jalal H*, Analy I, Bouroumane MR, Berghalout L, Moulattaf MounaEL and Cherif Idrissi Gannouni N

Department of Radiology Mother and Child, Med VI University Hospital, Morocco

Corresponding Author:

Hicham Jalal, Department of Radiology, Med VI University Hospital, Cadi Ayad University, Marrakech, Morocco

Keywords

Hypoglycemia; Coma; Diffusion; Hyperintensities

Abstract

Hypoglycemia is a frequent and severe cause of coma, especially of diabetic patients. Prognosis is related to irreversible neuronal lesions and the most important predictive factors are the severity and duration of hypoglycemia. Cerebral cortex, hippocampus and basal ganglia are the most vulnerable sites. We report a case of hypoglycemic coma with cortical and basal ganglia hyper-intensities on diffusion weighted MRI suggesting cerebral complication, also we focused on the interest of Diffusion weighted MRI sequences in this issue through a literature review.

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Jalal H, Analy I, Bouroumane MR, Berghalout L, Mouna MEL and Gannouni CIN. Interest of Diffusion MRI in Hypoglycemic Coma. SM J Clin. Med. Imaging. 2017; 3(2): 1013.