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Two cases of central nervous system Behçet's disease, studied by gadolinium-enhanced MRI, are presented. In one patient, whose clinical picture was dominated by a brain stem syndrome, the gadolinium enhancement resolved with clinical improvement, although the hyperintense areas in the mesencephalon on T2-weighted images persisted. In the second, who had a pseudobulbar palsy and a mild right hemiparesis, there were many abnormal areas, but an enhancing focus in the posterior limb of the left internal capsule was probably the lesion responsible for the hemiparesis.
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Erdem, E., Carlier, R., Idir, A.B.C. et al. Gadolinium-enhanced MRI in central nervous system Behçet's disease. Neuroradiology 35, 142–144 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00593971
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