# Low Consciousness in a Patient with Pancolitis

**Authors:** Ani Nikoghosyan, Julie Lambert

PMC · DOI: 10.5334/jbsr.3265 · 2024-02-14

## TL;DR

A patient with pancolitis and low consciousness showed a rare MRI brain sign linked to uremic encephalopathy.

## Contribution

Highlights the lentiform fork sign as a potential indicator of uremic encephalopathy in critically ill patients.

## Key findings

- Lentiform fork sign observed in a patient with metabolic acidosis and renal failure.
- The sign correlates with uremic encephalopathy in critically ill patients with low consciousness.

## Abstract

Teaching point: Lentiform fork sign is a rare finding on MRI of the brain, found in patients with metabolic acidosis, in a critically ill patient with low consciousness and renal failure, this sign can correspond to uremic encephalopathy.

## Linked entities

- **Diseases:** pancolitis (MONDO:0005536)

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** metabolic acidosis (MESH:D000138), critically ill (MESH:D016638), uremic encephalopathy (MESH:D006463), renal failure (MESH:D051437), Low Consciousness (MESH:D003244)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

## Figures

4 figures with captions in the complete paper: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC10870939/full.md

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC10870939