Cerebral restricted diffusion

Last revised by Yahya Baba ◉ on 7 Nov 2021

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Citation:

Mudgal P, Baba Y, Bell D, et al. Cerebral restricted diffusion. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 27 Mar 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-26903

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https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-26903

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/26903

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26903

Article created:

13 Jan 2014, Prashant Mudgal

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Last revised:

7 Nov 2021, Yahya Baba ◉

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Systems:

Central Nervous System

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Synonyms:

Hyperintense on DWI intracranial lesions
Cerebral diffusion hypersignal
Cerebral ADC low signal
Cerebral diffusion hyperintensity
Brain restricted diffusion
Intracranial restricted diffusion

The following intracranial lesions may show a high signal on DWI images, with a corresponding low signal on ADC images.

lesions with intense high signal
lesions with variable or moderately high signal
- primary central nervous system vasculitis
- primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL)
- hemangiopericytoma ^²
- CADASIL
- primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET)
- meningiomas
- medulloblastoma
- i ntracranial germinoma ³
- pineoblastoma
- choroid plexus cyst^⁴
- X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy ^⁵
- kuru ^⁷
- carbon monoxide poisoning
- methanol poisoning
- Wernicke encephalopathy
- hyperammonemia
- deep cerebral vein thrombosis
- Canavan disease ⁹
- Japanese encephalitis ¹⁰
- Wallerian degeneration (acute, late acute) ¹⁷
- inborn errors of metabolism ¹¹such as
  - maple syrup urine disease
  - non-ketotic hyperglycemia
  - methylmalonic aciduria
  - glutaric aciduria type I
  - Wilson disease

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