MR findings in kernicterus

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1995 Apr;16(4 Suppl):819-21.

Abstract

We describe the MR appearance of kernicterus (bilirubin encephalopathy). T2-weighted images show high signal bilaterally in the globus pallidus, a known area of cerebral deposition of bilirubin.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bilirubin / metabolism
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Dominance, Cerebral / physiology
  • Globus Pallidus / physiology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Kernicterus / diagnosis*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male

Substances

  • Bilirubin