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From: Encephalopathy following ingestion of Lead-contaminated opium; magnetic resonance imaging findings

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(Case 2): Admission MRI: MRI shows symmetric involvement of the parasagittal areas of bilateral parietal and occipital lobes. Asymmetric involvement of bilateral posterior temporal lobes is also evident. The affected areas are gray matter, gray white matter junction, and subcortical white matter. The lesions signal on T2-weighted and FLAIR sequences are high and low on T1-weighted sequence. No evidence of Diffusion restriction is depicted in involved areas. This patient refused follow-up MRI after chelation therapy as he believed to be completely fine

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