Magnetic Resonance Imaging Characteristics of Persistent Vegetative State Due to Prolonged Hypoglycemia
- Guler, Ayse
- Kumral, Emre
- Sirin, Tuba Cerrahoglu
- Sirin, Hadiye
- Kitis, Omer
DOIAbstract
WOS: 000422512900091PubMed ID: 25738058Hypoglycemia is the sudden decrease in serum glucose level <50mg/dL. Neurological manifestations complicating profound and prolonged hypoglycemia range from reversible focal deficits and transient encephalopathy to irreversible coma. Here, we report magnetic resonance imaging characteristics of a patient with prolonged hypoglylicemia. A 47-year-old woman with a history of insulin dependent diabetes mellitus has been brought to the emergency room by her relatives. She used mistakenly overdose insulin injection and probably stayed 11 hours with low level blood glucose. The initial blood sugar level was 39.6 mg/dL at the emergency department visit, which was recovered urgently by 50% dextrose. MR imaging ...
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