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Brain MRI of chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids (CLIPPERS)

Brain MRI of chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids (CLIPPERS)
Initial T1-weighted postgadolinium brain MRI of a 48-year-old man with progressive vertigo, ataxia, and dysarthria.
(A) Symmetric enhancement of the pons and both cerebellar peduncles, with pattern highly suggestive of a perivascular distribution.
(B) Near complete resolution with corticosteroids.
(C) Recurrence of the same lesions without corticosteroids.
MRI: magnetic resonance imaging.
Reproduced with permission from: Lefaucheur R, Bouwyn JP, Ahtoy P, Gérardin E, Derrey S, Maltête D. Teaching neuroimages: punctuate and curvilinear enhancement peppering the pons responsive to steroids. Neurology 2011; 77:e57. Copyright © 2011 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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