|
Current issue
Archive
Manuscripts accepted
About the journal
Editorial board
Abstracting and indexing
Contact
Instructions for authors
Ethical standards and procedures
Editorial System
Submit your Manuscript
|
1/2017
vol. 82 abstract:
Review paper
Evaluation of Imaging Methods in Tick-Borne Encephalitis
Radosław Zawadzki
,
Adam Garkowski
,
Bożena Kubas
,
Joanna Zajkowska
,
Marcin Hładuński
,
Dorota Jurgilewicz
,
Urszula Łebkowska
Pol J Radiol, 2017; 82: 742-747
Online publish date: 2018/01/18
View full text
Get citation
ENW EndNote
BIB JabRef, Mendeley
RIS Papers, Reference Manager, RefWorks, Zotero
AMA
APA
Chicago
Harvard
MLA
Vancouver
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is caused by a virus that belongs to the Flaviviridae family and is transmitted by tick bites. The disease has a biphasic course. Diagnosis is based on laboratory examinations because of non-specific clinical features, which usually entails the detection of specific IgM antibodies in either blood or cerebrospinal fluid that appear in the second phase of the disease. Neurological symptoms, time course of the disease, and imaging findings are multifaceted. During the second phase of the disease, after the onset of neurological symptoms, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) abnormalities are observed in a limited number of cases. However, imaging features may aid in predicting the prognosis of the disease.
keywords:
Encephalitis, Tick-Borne • Magnetic Resonance Imaging • Neuroimaging • Tomography, X-Ray Computed |
   |
