Histology and computed tomography of incidental calcifications in the human basal ganglia.
Neuroradiology
; 63(7): 1145-1148, 2021 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-33745004
ABSTRACT
Incidental basal ganglia calcifications are a common finding on computed tomography (CT). We investigated the histological characteristics of these calcifications and their association with CT findings, using post-mortem basal ganglia tissue from 22 patients. Eight patients had basal ganglia calcifications on histology, and six patients had calcifications on CT, varying from mild to severe. Four patients had calcifications identified by both histology and CT, and two patients had calcifications detected by CT but not by histology, possibly because of insufficient tissue available. Calcifications were found mainly in the tunica media of arterioles located in the globus pallidus, which suggests that incidental CT calcifications are vascular in nature. However, tunica media calcifications, and thereby incidental basal ganglia calcifications, are probably not related to atherosclerosis.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Basal Ganglia Diseases
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Calcinosis
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Neuroradiology
Year:
2021
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Article
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