Transient restricted diffusion in the splenium of the corpus callosum after brain surgery

Abstract

We present the case of a 16-year-old male with 4th surgical intervention of a frontal oligodendroglioma grade II because of metabolic and morphologic progression. One day after surgery he developed headache and low-grade fever lasting for 2 weeks. No neurological deficit was observed and biology showed no inflammatory syndrome or metabolic disorder.