Punctate and curvilinear gadolinium enhancing lesions in the brain: a practical approach.

Guillaume Taieb,Alberto Duran-Peña,Nicolas Menjot de Chamfleur,Antoine Moulignier,Eric Thouvenot,Thibaut Allou,Arnaud Lacour,Khê Hoang-Xuan,Jean Pelletier,Pierre Labauge

Punctate and curvilinear gadolinium enhancing lesions in the brain: a practical approach.

2016

Guillaume Taieb
Alberto Duran-Peña
Nicolas Menjot de Chamfleur
Antoine Moulignier
Eric Thouvenot
Thibaut Allou
Arnaud Lacour
Khê Hoang-Xuan
Jean Pelletier
Pierre Labauge

Introduction Cerebral punctate and curvilinear gadolinium enhancements (PCGE) correspond to opacification of small vessel lumen or its perivascular areas in case of blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption. We will discuss the possible causes of intra-parenchymal central nervous system PCGE.

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Blood–brain barrier
Radiology
Gadolinium
Medicine
Central nervous system
Neuroradiology
Pathology
Lumen (unit)
Neurosurgery
small vessel
Neurology

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