Brain MRI abnormalities in ataxia-telangiectasia.
Neurologist
; 14(3): 192-5, 2008 May.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18469676
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Ataxia-telangiectasia (AT) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder, initially characterized by normal brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). CASE REPORT In a 34-year-old woman patient with AT, MRI revealed extensive and diffuse white matter dismyelination, T1 and T2 hypointense lesions, T1 hypointense but T2 hyperintense lesions, and numerous dilated telangiectases upon gadolinium enhancement.DISCUSSION:
In our patient, brain MRI confirmed extensive extracerebellar lesions in AT.CONCLUSION:
Our report broadens the spectrum of brain MRI abnormalities in AT and supports the hypothesis on cerebrovascular abnormalities occurring in later stages of AT.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Astrocitoma
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Encéfalo
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Neoplasias Encefálicas
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Ataxia Telangiectasia
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Neurologist
Assunto da revista:
NEUROLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Croácia