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==Overview==
==Overview==


There are no MRI findings associated with [disease name].
Findings on [[Magnetic resonance imaging|MRI]] suggestive of rabies include areas of increased [[Magnetic resonance imaging|T2]] intensity (flare) may be seen in [[hippocampus]], [[hypothalamus]], and [[brainstem]].
 
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[Location] MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of [disease name]. Findings on MRI suggestive of/diagnostic of [disease name] include [finding 1], [finding 2], and [finding 3].
 
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There are no MRI findings associated with [disease name]. However, a MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of [disease name], which include [complication 1], [complication 2], and [complication 3].


==MRI==
==MRI==
Findings on MRI suggestive of rabies include:
Findings on [[Magnetic resonance imaging|MRI]] suggestive of rabies include:
*Areas of increased T2 signaling may be seen in:<ref name="pmid15956158">{{cite journal |vauthors=Burton EC, Burns DK, Opatowsky MJ, El-Feky WH, Fischbach B, Melton L, Sanchez E, Randall H, Watkins DL, Chang J, Klintmalm G |title=Rabies encephalomyelitis: clinical, neuroradiological, and pathological findings in 4 transplant recipients |journal=Arch. Neurol. |volume=62 |issue=6 |pages=873–82 |year=2005 |pmid=15956158 |doi=10.1001/archneur.62.6.873 |url=}}</ref>
*Areas of increased [[Magnetic resonance imaging|T2]] signaling may be seen in:<ref name="pmid15956158">{{cite journal |vauthors=Burton EC, Burns DK, Opatowsky MJ, El-Feky WH, Fischbach B, Melton L, Sanchez E, Randall H, Watkins DL, Chang J, Klintmalm G |title=Rabies encephalomyelitis: clinical, neuroradiological, and pathological findings in 4 transplant recipients |journal=Arch. Neurol. |volume=62 |issue=6 |pages=873–82 |year=2005 |pmid=15956158 |doi=10.1001/archneur.62.6.873 |url=}}</ref>
**Hippocampus
**[[Hippocampus]]
**Hypothalamus
**[[Hypothalamus]]
**Brainstem
**[[Brainstem]]
 
* Rabies [[encephalitis]] may involve  
* Rabies encephalitis may involve  
** Increased T2 signal  predilection for the [[basal ganglia]], [[thalami]], [[Hypothalamus|hypothalami]], [[brainstem]], [[limbic system]], and [[spinal cord]] as well as the [[frontal]] and [[Parietal lobe|parietal lobes]] 
** Increased T2 signal  predilection for the basal ganglia, thalami, hypothalami, brainstem, limbic system, and spinal cord as well as the frontal and parietal lobes 
* In [[paralytic]] rabies, involvement of the [[spinal cord]] and [[medulla]] may be more pronounced
 
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* In paralytic rabies, involvement of the spinal cord and medulla may be more pronounced
[[File:Rabies-encephalomyelitis.jpg|center|500px|thumb|Case courtesy of- Case courtesy of Dr Nafisa Shakir Batta, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 37813]]
[[File:Rabies-encephalomyelitis (1).jpg|center|700px|thumb|Case courtesy of- Case courtesy of Dr Nafisa Shakir Batta, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 37813]]
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==References==
==References==
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Iqra Qamar M.D.[2]

Overview

Findings on MRI suggestive of rabies include areas of increased T2 intensity (flare) may be seen in hippocampus, hypothalamus, and brainstem.

MRI

Findings on MRI suggestive of rabies include:


Case courtesy of- Case courtesy of Dr Nafisa Shakir Batta, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 37813
Case courtesy of- Case courtesy of Dr Nafisa Shakir Batta, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 37813


References

  1. Burton EC, Burns DK, Opatowsky MJ, El-Feky WH, Fischbach B, Melton L, Sanchez E, Randall H, Watkins DL, Chang J, Klintmalm G (2005). "Rabies encephalomyelitis: clinical, neuroradiological, and pathological findings in 4 transplant recipients". Arch. Neurol. 62 (6): 873–82. doi:10.1001/archneur.62.6.873. PMID 15956158.

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