Reversible hyperintensity lesion on diffusion-weighted MRI in hypoglycemic coma

Neurology. 2004 Jul 27;63(2):392-3. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000130181.05016.68.

Abstract

In a woman aged 73 years who recovered from hypoglycemic coma without neurologic deficit after glucose infusion, admission diffusion-weighted MRI showed the presence of hyperintensive lesions. The lesions regressed after glucose infusion.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Coma / etiology
  • Coma / pathology*
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / complications
  • Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Female
  • Glucose / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Hypoglycemia / chemically induced
  • Hypoglycemia / complications*
  • Hypoglycemia / drug therapy
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / adverse effects
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Medication Errors

Substances

  • Hypoglycemic Agents
  • Glucose