Carbon monoxide poisoning
Diagnosis almost certain
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Findings
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Bilateral globus pallidusglobi pallidi oval shpaedshaped areas of altered signals eliciting low T1 and high T2 and FLAIR signals. Similar smaller foci are also seen atin the left putamen.
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Body
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This case was confirmed as COcarbon monoxide (CO) intoxication
Other causes of bilateral globus pallidusglobi pallidi lesions include Leigh disease, Wilson disease, Creutzfeldt Jacob-Jakob disease (CJD) as well as other toxic encephalopathies, such as cyanide andor methanol intoxicationsexposure.
-<p>This case was confirmed as CO intoxication</p><p>Other causes of bilateral globus pallidus lesions include Leigh disease, Wilson disease, Creutzfeldt Jacob disease as well as other toxic encephalopathies such as cyanide and methanol intoxications</p>- +<p>This case was confirmed as carbon monoxide (CO) intoxication</p><p>Other causes of bilateral globi pallidi lesions include Leigh disease, Wilson disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) as well as other toxic encephalopathies, such as cyanide or methanol exposure.</p>