Late onset familial Hallervorden-Spatz disease: MR findings in two sisters

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1992 Jan-Feb;13(1):394-6.

Abstract

Two sisters affected by late onset Hallervorden-Spatz disease are described. In both patients, MR showed rings of decreased signal intensity surrounding hyperintense areas that gave a target-like appearance to the globi pallidi, a finding that corresponds with the known pathologic lesions in the disease. MR reflects the metabolic and anatomic evaluation of this disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Globus Pallidus / pathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Middle Aged
  • Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration / diagnosis
  • Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration / genetics*
  • Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration / pathology