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Reversible parkinsonism due to involvement of substantia nigra in Epstein-Barr virus encephalitis

✍ Scribed by Jingxia Guan; Zuneng Lu; Qin Zhou

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Weight: 341 KB
Volume: 27
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-3185
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23935

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✦ Synopsis

FIG. 1. MRI showed symmetric (A) hypointensity signal on T1weighted imaging and (B) hyperintensity signal on T2-weighted imaging in bilateral substantia nigra on admission. A repeated MRI after 3 months showed resolution of the lesions on (C) T2-weighted imaging and (D) T1-weighted imaging.

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