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ArticleThe Indian journal of radiology & imaging

Serial brain MRI findings in a rare survivor of rabies encephalitis.

Akhilesh Rao, Yayati Pimpalwar, Arindam Mukherjee, Neha Yadu

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Article in The Indian journal of radiology & imaging. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. A case of rabies encephalitis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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  6. Case Report: Survival from Clinical Rabies in a Young Child from Maharashtra, India, 2022.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2023
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  7. Rabies encephalitis.BMJ case reports · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Akhilesh RaoDepartment of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Command Hospital (CC), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Yayati PimpalwarDepartment of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Command Hospital (CC), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Arindam MukherjeeDepartment of Neurology, Command Hospital (CC), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Neha YaduDepartment of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Command Hospital (CC), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Command Hospital · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rabies is a neurotropic viral illness, almost always fatal, that is equally dreaded by healthcare practitioners and patients due to the dismal prognosis and limited treatment options once symptoms set in. There are hardly any reports on MRI changes in the brain in survivors of rabies encephalitis. We present the clinical course and the imaging findings on serial MRI examinations in a rare patient who survived rabies infection. Initial brain MRI done 8 days after onset of symptoms revealed bilaterally symmetrical non-enhancing areas of T1 and T2 hyperintensity in the basal ganglia, thalami, mid brain, and pons along with T2 hyperintensity and restricted diffusion in fronto-parietal cortical grey matter and left hippocampus. Subsequent MRI scans at 2 months and 5 months revealed progressive brain atrophy, leukoencephalopathy, and gliosis.

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MRI brainrabies encephalitisrabies survivor

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PMID29089674
PMCPMC5644319
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