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Hyperintenities in caudate and thalamic nuclei in eastern equine encephalitis (MRI)

Axial FLAIR from a brain MRI scan of a 3.5-year-old girl with eastern equine encephalitis on hospital day 3 showing abnormal T2 hyperintense caudate and thalamic nuclei, most prominent on the right (arrow). (Source: Silverman MA, Misasi J, Smole S, et al. Eastern equine encephalitis in children, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, USA, 1970-2010. Emerg Infect Dis 2013;19[2]:194-201. Public domain.)