Section 3 - Disease related to treatment

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Reversible MR changes with Cyclosporine A

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Case 27

A 34 year old woman with AML
This patient had recieved Cyclosporine A following bone marrow transplantation. She presented with an acute episode of visual impairment and altered mental status. MRI (27A) demonstrates T2 hyperintensity in the occipital lobes (black arrows) and left internal/external capsules (white arrows).

Following discontinuation of the CsA, the symptoms and MR changes reversed (27B).

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