TY - JOUR
T1 - Bilateral temporal lobe disease
T2 - looking beyond herpes encephalitis
AU - Eran, Ayelet
AU - Hodes, Adina
AU - Izbudak, Izlem
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, The Author(s).
PY - 2016/4/1
Y1 - 2016/4/1
N2 - Abstract: The temporal lobes have unique architecture, and functionality that makes them vulnerable to certain disease processes. Patients presenting with bilateral temporal lobe disease are often confused and have altered consciousness, and are therefore unable to provide cogent histories. For these reasons, imaging plays an important role in their workup and management. Disease entities causing bilateral temporal lobe involvement can be infectious, metabolic, neoplastic, and degenerative aetiologies, as well as trauma and cerebrovascular events. We will first describe the structural and functional anatomy of the temporal lobes and explain the mechanisms that underlie bilateral temporal lobe disease, and then show and discuss the different disease entities and differential diagnosis. Teaching points: • Bilateral temporal lobe disease is a unique pattern with specific differential diagnosis. • Patients presenting with bilateral temporal lobe disease are often confused. • Radiologists should be familar with the variety of disease processes that cause bitemporal disease.
AB - Abstract: The temporal lobes have unique architecture, and functionality that makes them vulnerable to certain disease processes. Patients presenting with bilateral temporal lobe disease are often confused and have altered consciousness, and are therefore unable to provide cogent histories. For these reasons, imaging plays an important role in their workup and management. Disease entities causing bilateral temporal lobe involvement can be infectious, metabolic, neoplastic, and degenerative aetiologies, as well as trauma and cerebrovascular events. We will first describe the structural and functional anatomy of the temporal lobes and explain the mechanisms that underlie bilateral temporal lobe disease, and then show and discuss the different disease entities and differential diagnosis. Teaching points: • Bilateral temporal lobe disease is a unique pattern with specific differential diagnosis. • Patients presenting with bilateral temporal lobe disease are often confused. • Radiologists should be familar with the variety of disease processes that cause bitemporal disease.
KW - Dementia syndromes
KW - Herpes encephalitis
KW - Posterior circulation brain infarction
KW - Temporal lobe epilepsy
KW - Temporal lobes
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U2 - 10.1007/s13244-016-0481-x
DO - 10.1007/s13244-016-0481-x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 26911968
AN - SCOPUS:84961734096
SN - 1869-4101
VL - 7
SP - 265
EP - 274
JO - Insights into Imaging
JF - Insights into Imaging
IS - 2
ER -