"Barbell Sign": A Diagnostic Imaging Finding in Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy. Issue 4 (July 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bezuidenhout, A. Fourie; Andronikou, Savvas; Ackermann, Christelle; Du Plessis, Anne-Marie; Basson, Derik; Bhadelia, Rafeeque A.
• Is Part Of: Journal of computer assisted tomography. Volume 42:Issue 4(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-07
• Subjects: progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy -- leukoencephalopathy -- barbell sign -- corpus callosum -- human immunodeficiency virus; Tomography -- Periodicals; Tomography -- Periodicals; Tomography; Periodicals; 616.0757
• DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0000000000000719
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-8715

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: The recently proposed diagnostic algorithm for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy underscores the importance of imaging and emphasizes the role of the radiologist in the diagnostic workup. We describe a case series of patients with visual symptoms and a typical pattern of brain involvement in definite progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, for which we have coined the term barbell sign .