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The typical starfield pattern may be present on MRI in some cases of acute phase. Supportive respiratory
and neurological cares remain the mainstay of therapy. Prognosis is variable depending on the context of
concomitant illness and premorbid functional status.

DECLARATIONS
Authors’ contributions
Conception and design of study, first draft and revision of manuscript: Chen XY, Fan JM
Provided some clinical data: Deng MF
Provided the images data: Jiang T, Luo F
Read and approved the final manuscript: all authors

Availability of data and materials
The data and material could be available to readers upon request.

Financial support and sponsorship
This study was supported by the grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81771250),
Fujian Province Natural Science Fund (2016J01432), Project for Scientific and Technological Innovation of
Fujian Province (2017Y9065), and Young and Middle-aged Talents Training Project of Health and Family
Planning Committee of Fujian Province (2015-ZQN-JC-5).

Conflicts of interest
All authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval and consent to participate
The study was approved by the local ethics committee and informed consent was obtained from the patient’s
guardian.

Consent for publication
Not applicable.

Copyright
© The Author(s) 2018.

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