Abstract
We report a patient who was treated with intravenous thrombolysis, and subsequently developed a Locked-In Syndrome (LIS). After 2 days, magnetic resonance imaging showed a large bilateral pontomedullary infarction. However, in contrast to the patient’s clinical situation, the follow-up T2-weighted MR images up to day 26 did not display the infarction. This phenomenon is known as the so-called fogging effect.
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An erratum to this article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12028-008-9053-3