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Fig. 3

From: Translational evidence for two distinct patterns of neuroaxonal injury in sepsis: a longitudinal, prospective translational study

Fig. 3

Brain magnetic resonance imaging of three patients during septic shock. The images are fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR; a, c, and e) and echo planar imaging diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI; b, d, and f) scans. a and b An 81-year-old male patient with urosepsis. a Axial FLAIR image obtained on day 5 after the onset of septic shock shows punctiform and confluent white matter hyperintensities (WMH) in both paraventricular and paramedian regions (grade 2 leukoencephalopathy). b DWI study shows subacute ischemic lesion in the left occipital paramedian region. c and d An 80-year-old female patient with urosepsis. (c) Axial FLAIR image obtained 9 days after the onset of septic shock shows confluent WMH in the left periventricular region (grade 2 leukoencephalopathy). d DWI study shows bilateral ischemic lesions in the frontal region. e and f An 80-year-old female patient with urosepsis. e Axial FLAIR performed 8 days after onset of septic shock revealing a single punctiform WMH in the left periventricular region (grade 1 leukoencephalopathy). f DWI study shows punctiform ischemic lesions in the left occipital and parietal (inset) regions

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