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T2-weighted image showing band-like hyperintensities in the gray and white matter of the parietal lobe.
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F1
The initially suspected brain metastases or meningeosis carcinomatosa were ruled out with an MRI scan which, however, showed signs of RPLS in the form of band-like hyperintensities as a sign of cytotoxic edema in the gray and white matter of the left parietal lobe (fig. 1).
T1-weighted image with gadolinium showing a cortical infarction.
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A follow-up MRI 3 weeks later showed that the patient had developed an RPLS-typical cortical infarction in the affected area (fig. 2).