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Coronal fluid-attenuated inversion recovery with gadolinium contrast recorded by a 3T MRI scanner during (a) and 6 months after (b) full recovery from metronidazole-induced encephalopathy. The white arrows mark the hyperintense signal changes in the bilateral dentate nuclei.
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Brain MRI with gadolinium contrast was repeated on day 8 after admission, and metronidazole encephalopathy was confirmed as the fluid-attenuated inversion recovery sequence showed characteristic symmetrical hyperintense signal changes in the pons and dentate nuclei (Fig. 1a). Follow-up brain MRI 6 months later showed complete remission of the hyperintense signal changes in the pons and dentate nuclei (Fig. 1b).