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Crossed Cerebellar Diaschisis

CCD1

CCD2

A 41-year-old female with history of migraine presented to the ED with acute onset of aphasia. In addition to the aphasia, there was numbness and tingling in the right arm and face. Patient demonstrated expressive aphasia and was not able to answer questions posed in the ED. Gadolinium MR perfusion images demonstrated decreased relative cerebral blood flow (top) in the left parietal/occipital lobes and increased time-to-peak (bottom) in the contralateral cerebellar hemisphere. Although crossed cerebellar diaschisis (CCD) is seen mostly on radiotracer studies (hypometabolism on PET studies), it was nicely demonstrated in our patient. CCD occurs more often after supratentorial … Continue reading >>

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Celiac Disease with Brain ALS-like Abnormalities

We just had a patient with ALS-like brain changes on FLAIR images who has celiac disease.  After a 3-month period of  treatment for his celiac disease, brain MRI was repeated and all previously seen abnormalities resolved.  We are interested in reporting it and would like to collaborate with anyone who has a similar case.  Please post a comment here or email me.… Continue reading >>

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