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From: Uncommon manifestations of a rare disease: a case of autoimmune GFAP astrocytopathy

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MRI findings of the patient. MRI on May 31, 2019 (a1–a4) showed patchy abnormal lesions in the bilateral thalamus, basal ganglia, pons, and bilateral white matter on T2 and FLAIR image. MRI with contrast on June 5 (b1–b4) revealed no enhanced lesions on the T1 image and the abnormal lesions on the T2 image were similar to the previous MRI scan. On July 26 (c1–c4), the FLAIR images revealed that abnormal signals were more severe and diffused than the previous MRI findings. DWI image showed new cerebral infarction in the right basal ganglia, and SWI found a small hemorrhage in the left thalamus (indicated by arrows). MRI with contrast on July 30 (d1–d4), new cerebral infarction was found in the right optic radiation, and the infarction of the right basal ganglia was similar to the previous scan (indicated by arrows). Also, no lesions were enhanced. DWI, diffusion-weighted imaging; FLAIR, fluid-attenuated inversion recovery; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; SWI, susceptibility-weighted imaging

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