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A narrative literature search was performed to identify other studies on neuroimaging after LI.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Of 31 patients (39% female, median age 38 years), 30 had cranial neuroimaging (28 had cranial MRI, five cranial CT), and 14 spinal MRI. The median delay between LI and first neuroimaging was 67 days. Cranial MRI or CT showed two cases of brain edema, one accompanied by subarachnoid bleeding, one case of laminar cortical necrosis after resuscitation, and one case with hyperintensities in the hippocampi. 14 patients with cranial MRI had unspecific white matter lesions. In six of 14 patients who received a spinal MRI, intramedullary spinal cord lesions were found. A review of 54 published patients revealed pathological neuroimaging in 24 (44%) cases. Main findings were hypoxic encephalopathy after cardiac arrest, intracerebral bleeding, cerebral ischemia, brain edema and subarachnoid bleeding.<\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:italic>Interpretation:<\/jats:italic>\n                      Typical neuroimaging findings after LI include brain edema, intracerebral or subarachnoid bleeding, ischemia, hypoxic encephalopathy, and intramedullary spinal cord lesions. 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