Images in Clinical Radiology

The Claustrum Sign in Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome (FIRES)

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Abstract

Teaching Point: Bilateral mesiotemporal edema and the claustrum sign can be seen in febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES) and new onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE) but are neither diagnostic nor pathognomonic for these entities.

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claustrum signFIRESNORSEmagnetic resonance imagingneuroradiology
  • Year: 2023
  • Volume: 107 Issue: 1
  • Page/Article: 45
  • DOI: 10.5334/jbsr.3142
  • Submitted on 24 Mar 2023
  • Accepted on 31 May 2023
  • Published on 29 Jun 2023