dti-of-the-visual-pathway-white-matter-tracts-and-cerebral-lesions

DTI of the Visual Pathway - White Matter Tracts and Cerebral Lesions

DTI is a technique that identifies white matter tracts (WMT) non-invasively in healthy and non-healthy patients using diffusion measurements. Similar to ...

Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg

[Alpha]-interferon encephalopathy.

Camptocormia (CC) or pronounced forward flexion of the trunk is a common symptom of Parkinson's disease. We describe 2 patients with probable, respectively possible multiple-system atrophy and CC. Magnetic resonance imaging of the erector trunci showed focal patchy hyperintensities with gadolinium enhancement and muscle biopsy was indicative of variably pronounced focal myositis. CC was progressive and the major handicap for both patients after 1 and 1.5 years of follow-up, respectively. The therapeutic response was poor. Similarities with the dropped-head syndrome suggest that the muscle pathology may be either the primary cause of CC, a focal reaction to the CC posture, or a coincident syndrome of old age.

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[Alpha]-interferon encephalopathy. Neurology\| PubMed ID: 14610146	2003
Camptocormia associated with focal myositis in multiple-system atrophy. Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society\| PubMed ID: 16211611	2006

Georges Dooms

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