The Uniform Cortex Sign: A Diagnostic Sign of Diffuse Cortical Injury on MR Imaging of the Brain at 1.5 T.

Andrew E LeungApurva PatelBasem BahakeemDavid PelzDonald LeeManas Sharma

Published in: The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques (2017)

This small study shows that the UCS can identify DCI, especially in patients with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. The UCS can be subtle, hence the reader must be vigilant for this finding. The accuracy of the UCS may depend on the extent of cortical injury and time between injury and MRI. Also, a UCS may be reversible, as in our case of viral meningoencephalitis.

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