Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: brain stem involvement in a peculiar pattern

Senol U., Haspolat S., Cevikol C., Saatci I.

NEURORADIOLOGY, cilt.42, sa.12, ss.913-916, 2000 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 42 Sayı: 12
  • Basım Tarihi: 2000
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s002340000448
  • Dergi Adı: NEURORADIOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.913-916
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, magnetic resonance imaging, MRI
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

The most common pattern in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, is in the cerebral hemisphere white matter on T2-weighted images with or without atrophy. Brain-stem lesions are rare. We report brain-stem involvement in two children with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. A peculiar pattern, with involvement of the pens with extension to both middle cerebellar peduncles and substantia nigra but sparing the pontine tegmentum, is suggested.