Perilesional Inflammation in Neurocysticercosis - Relationship Between Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Evans Blue Staining and Histopathology in the Pig Model.

Carla CangalayaJavier A BustosJuan CalcinaAna Vargas-CallaDiego SuarezArmando E GonzalezJuan ChacaltanaCristina Guerra-GiraldezSiddhartha MahantyTheodore E NashHector H Garcíanull null

Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2016)

EB staining and Gd enhancement strongly correlate. The intensity of enhancement determined by MRI is a good indication of the degree of inflammation. Similarly, EB staining highly correlates with the degree of inflammation and may be applied to study inflammation in the pig model of NCC.

Keyphrases

contrast enhanced
magnetic resonance imaging
oxidative stress
diffusion weighted
computed tomography
magnetic resonance
diffusion weighted imaging
high intensity