It can be diagnosed clinically in the appropriate context, but may be difficult to confirm radiologically using conventional imaging techniques. Changes are more prominent on MRI than on CT, but often take days or weeks after acute symptom onset to develop. Imaging by MRI typically demonstrates areas of hyperintensity on T2-weighted images.
Central pontine myelinolysis
Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration
Leukoencephalopathy
Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis
Acute flaccid myelitis
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
Cerebellar stroke syndrome
Tropical neuropathy