MRI follow-up of basal ganglia involvement in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • A 12-year-old male with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is presented. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed basal ganglia involvement without white matter changes for several months. Basal ganglia changes are not infrequent in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, but they tend to appear in advanced clinical stages. Prominent basal ganglia involvement may occur very rarely in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. In our patient, serial magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated the involvement of white matter after 2 years of magnetic resonance imaging follow-up. In contrast with the neuroradiologic progression, our patient's clinical status remained stable.

publication date

  • May 1, 2001

Research

keywords

  • Basal Ganglia Diseases
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0034976618

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/s0887-8994(01)00267-3

PubMed ID

  • 11516619

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 24

issue

  • 5