Posts by Otto Rapalino, MD
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Leukoencephalopathy Related to Severe COVID-19 Has Clinical, Laboratory Correlates
Otto Rapalino, MD, and Michael H. Lev, MD, of the Department of Radiology; Shibani S. Mukerji, MD, PhD, of the Department of Neurology; and colleagues have linked severe COVID-19 leukoencephalopathy with reduced diffusivity to obesity, renal failure, hypernatremia, anemia and a pattern of white matter lesions.
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Details of Brain Damage in COVID-19 Patients
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital report finding metabolic disturbances in the brain in one of the first spectroscopic imaging-based studies of neurological injury in COVID-19 patients.
Biography
Dr. Otto Rapalino is the director of Brain Tumor Imaging and advanced MR neuroimaging in the Division of Neuroradiology.
Mass General Imaging
For over 100 years, the Department of Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital has pioneered imaging technology to improve human health. Today, our researchers develop powerful new ways to diagnose and treat many diseases. From the lab to the clinic, our community of radiologists and researchers brings advances directly to our patients.