UNASSIGNED: Central European tick-borne @entity1651 can be challenging to diagnose in @entity235 because the virus may not be detected in blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) after the first viremic stage of the disease. The purpose of this retrospective case series study was to describe 3 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (3T MRI) findings in a sample of @entity235 with a confirmed diagnosis of tick-borne @entity1651 . @entity235 were included if they had neurological signs consistent with tick-borne @entity1651 , history of a stay in endemic areas for tick-borne @entity1651 virus, 3T MRI of the brain and/or spinal cord, cerebrospinal fluid changes compatible with @entity1800 and positive antibody titers in cerebrospinal fluid or pathologic confirmation of tick-borne @entity1651 . Twelve @entity235 met inclusion criteria. Ten out of 12 @entity1 had 3T MRI lesions at the time of presentation. One @entity1 had persistent lesions in follow-up MRI. The 3T MRI findings included bilateral and symmetrical gray matter distributed lesions involving the thalamus, hippocampus, brain stem, basal nuclei, and ventral horn on the spinal cord. All lesions were hyperintense in T2-weighted sequences compared to white matter, iso- to hypointense in T1-weighted, nonenhancing, and had minimal or no mass effect or perilesional @entity4 . Six @entity1 survived while the remaining six @entity235 were euthanized. Necropsy revealed neuronophagia and @entity5219 of the gray matter of the affected regions seen in 3T MRI, in addition to the cerebellum. Findings from the current study indicated that tick-borne @entity1651 should be included in the differential diagnosis list for @entity235 with the above described 3T MRI characteristics.

THREE TESLA MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING FINDINGS IN 12 CASES OF XXXX CENTRAL EUROPEAN TICK-BORNE MENINGOENCEPHALOMYELITIS.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity235 :: ('9615', 'Species') :: ['Dogs', 'dogs'] @entity4 :: ('MESH:D004487', 'Disease') :: ['edema'] @entity5219 :: ('MESH:D005911', 'Disease') :: ['gliosis'] @entity1800 :: ('MESH:D014777', 'Disease') :: ['viral infection'] @entity1651 :: ('MESH:D004679', 'Disease') :: ['encephalomyelitis']
@entity235 :: (9615,Species) :: ['CANINE']
