Article
Increasing and persistent DWI changes in a patient with hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with spheroids.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Dec 2013
Terasawa Yuka, Osaki Yusuke, Kawarai Toshitaka, Sugimoto Tatsurou, Orlacchio Antonio, Abe Takashi, Izumi Yuishin, Kaji Ryuji
Abstract excerpt
We report a case with genetically confirmed hereditary diffuse leukoencephalopathy with spheroids with distinctive MRI features. A 52-year-old woman with a family history of juvenile dementia presented with an 18-month history of progressive cognitive decline. Longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging studies of the brain revealed increasing and persistent white matter hyperintensities on diffusion-weighted images....
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
