FINDINGS Figure 70-1. Axial MR T2WI through the basal ganglia. There is bilateral symmetrical globus pallidus hyperintensity (arrows). Figures 70-2 and 70-3. Axial DWI with corresponding ADC map through the basal ganglia. There is bilateral symmetrical restricted diffusion in the globus pallidus (arrows).
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Wilson disease, Creutzfeld-Jakob disease, Japanese encephalitis, Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and Leigh syndrome and other mitochondriopathies.
DIAGNOSIS Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning.
DISCUSSION
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