Rocky Mountain spotted fever: 'starry sky' appearance with diffusion-weighted imaging in a child.

Seth Crapp, Dana Harrar, Megan Strother, Curtis Wushensky, Sumit Pruthi

Department of Radiology, Division of Pediatric Neuroradiology, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University, 2200 Children's Way, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.

Pediatric radiology 2012 Apr

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We present a case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever encephalitis in a child imaged utilizing diffusion-weighted MRI. Although the imaging and clinical manifestations of this entity have been previously described, a review of the literature did not reveal any such cases reported in children utilizing diffusion-weighted imaging. The imaging findings and clinical history are presented as well as a brief review of this disease.

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Seth Crapp, Dana Harrar, Megan Strother, Curtis Wushensky, Sumit Pruthi. Rocky Mountain spotted fever: 'starry sky' appearance with diffusion-weighted imaging in a child. Pediatric radiology. 2012 Apr;42(4):499-502