Acute High-Altitude Cerebral Edema Presenting as Extensive Microbleeds along the Corpus Callosum without T2 Hyperintensity: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Jin Young SonJee Young KimSanghyuk ImPublished in: Taehan Yongsang Uihakhoe chi (2021)
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.
Keyphrases
- contrast enhanced
- deep learning
- diffusion weighted
- convolutional neural network
- white matter
- optical coherence tomography
- magnetic resonance
- magnetic resonance imaging
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- working memory
- network analysis
- computed tomography
- liver failure
- high intensity
- cerebral ischemia
- multiple sclerosis
- intensive care unit
- brain injury
- drug induced
- hepatitis b virus
- mechanical ventilation