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. 2013 May 29;3:15. doi: 10.1186/2110-5820-3-15

Table 1.

Brain MRI patterns in sepsis

Brain MRI findings References
Acute changes
 
Cytotoxic edema (hippocampus, cortex) ischemic lesions
[29,31]
Vasogenic edema
[29,31]
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES)
[30,70]
Chronic changes observed in survivors
 
White matter disruption
[71]
Brain atrophy
[25,72]
(frontal cortex, hippocampus)