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Hyperintensities in the putama in ethylmalonic encephalopathy (2)

Axial diffusion-weighted MRI from a patient with ethylmalonic encephalopathy shows hyperintensities in the putama (red arrows). (Source: Wang GQ, Zhao ZY, Li YB. A case report of atypical ethylmalonic encephalopathy with peripheral neuropathy. CNS Neurosci Ther 2023;29[3]:971-3. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International [CC BY 4.0] license, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.)

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