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Overview
With a disease that progresses so quickly, imaging is often very difficult to do and it is not used very often[1]. Although it is not done very often, there are certain manifestations with a CT scan that can be seen in Rabies patients.
CT
If there is enough time to take a CT scan of a suspected rabies patient, there are a few things that can be looked for.
- A CT scan may display focal or diffuse areas of decreased attenuation in the hippocampus, brain stem, basal ganglia, and periventricular white matter.
- There is also the possibility of pontine hemorrhages being reported.
- In advanced cases, it is possible to see diffused cerebral edema[1].
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Awasthi M, Parmar H, Patankar T, Castillo M (2001). "Imaging findings in rabies encephalitis". AJNR. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 22 (4): 677–80. PMID 11290477. Retrieved 2012-02-10. Unknown parameter
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