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Fig. 6

From: Magnetic resonance imaging patterns of paediatric brain infections: a pictorial review based on the Western Australian experience

Fig. 6

Restricted diffusion in supratentorial grey matter—mesial temporal lobe (Pattern 2B). 7-year-old child with headache, fluctuating consciousness and tonic–clonic seizures. CSF was positive for HSV-1. DWI (a–c) and ADC map (d) demonstrated asymmetric signal abnormalities predominantly involving the right mesial temporal lobe (amygdala and uncus), anterior perforated substance and insular cortex (arrows), as would be typical for HSV encephalitis in adults

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