Mohammad Hossein Gharavi MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Michael Markovic MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

1. To review the differential diagnosis of symmetric bilateral thalamic diseases. 2. To illustrate MRI features of different thalamic pathologies, and review the associated extrathalamic findings and clinical history that aid in differentiation.  

Pathophysiology, MRI characteristics, images and clinical course of various pathologies resulting in abnormal bilateral thalamic MRI abnormalities. The differential diagnosis includes vascular, infectious, metabolic and neoplastic entities including but not limited to:   Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease(CJD) Vasculitis Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy(HIE) Hypertensive encephalopathy, PRES Osmotic demyelination Wilson's disease Wernicke's encephalopathy Viral encephalitis West Nile/Japanese/rabies/E. Equine Fabry disease Leigh syndrome Fahr disease Venous occlusion/deep vein thrombosis Arterial ischemia: Artery of Percheron occlusion Bilateral thalamic glioma  

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Gharavi, M, Markovic, M, Tips and Tricks for Narrowing the Differential Diagnosis of Bilateral Abnormal Thalamic Signal Intensity on MRI.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14018068.html