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MRI in a 17-year-old boy with known congenital agammaglobulinaemia (CA) demonstrated signs of chronic leptomeningeal inflammation with thickened, enhancing meninges. Furthermore, high signal was found symmetrically on T2-weighted images in the frontal and parietal white matter. The patient presented with severe general brain dysfunction and recent cerebellar ataxia. Extensive investigation did not reveal a causal agent. This case shows that MRI can be helpful in establishing the presence of pathological changes in cases where laboratory results are negative.
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Received: 28 October 1997 Accepted: 16 January 1998
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Ozdoba, C., Ramelli, G. & Schroth, G. MRI in a patient with congenital agammaglobulinaemia. Neuroradiology 40, 516–518 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050636
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050636