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Radiological evolution over 4 months of hyperintense lesion in the right temporal lobe from decompression sickness

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Axial FLAIR images initially (left), at 1 month (center) and 4 months (right). By 1 month the lesion is minimally hyperintense (red arrow). By 4 months, there is a small area of encephalomalacia (red arrow). (Source: Sánchez-Villalobos JM, Fortuna-Alcaraz ML, Serrano-Velasco L, et al. Breath-hold diving-related decompression sickness with brain involvement: from neuroimaging to pathophysiology. Tomography 2022;8[3]:1172-83. Creative Commons Attribution License [CC BY], https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.)