205 results found
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Rasmussen's encephalitis
Published
29 Jun 2022
67% complete
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Cerebellar hypoplasia
Cerebellar hypoplasia is a type of congenital morphological cerebellar abnormality in which the cerebellum has reduced volume, but a normal shape, and is stable over time 1,4. The pattern of volume loss may be regional (affecting only part of the cerebellum) or global.
Terminology
Global cere...
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Hemiconvulsion-hemiplegia epilepsy syndrome
Hemiconvulsion-hemiplegia epilepsy syndrome (HHE) is a clinical syndrome of infancy or early childhood that is associated with seizures, cerebral hemiatrophy and transient or permanent epilepsy.
It refers to the characteristic holohemispheric global atrophy of one hemisphere, that is independen...
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Vanishing white matter disease
Vanishing white matter disease (VWM), also known as childhood ataxia with central hypomyelination (CACH), is a rare, genetic leukoencephalopathy due to mutations in EIF2B subunit mutations, typically appearing as extensive white matter involvement with cavitary changes.
Epidemiology
Most cases...
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Dilated Virchow-Robin spaces
Published
29 Sep 2013
59% complete
MRI
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Congenital cytomegalovirus infection
Published
13 May 2022
78% complete
MRI
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Sturge-Weber syndrome
Published
14 Oct 2020
77% complete
MRI
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Bacterial meningitis
Published
19 Jun 2021
74% complete
CT
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Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis
Published
05 Apr 2023
71% complete
MRI
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Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome
Published
25 Jan 2024
71% complete
CT
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Linear scleroderma
Linear scleroderma, also known as scleroderma en coup de saber, is a very focal form of scleroderma classically characterized by a linear band of atrophy involving the frontal or frontoparietal scalp and subjacent thinned calvaria associated with ipsilateral focal brain abnormalities.
Linear sc...
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Scoliosis
Scoliosis (plural: scolioses) is defined as an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine. It is quite common in young individuals and is often idiopathic and asymptomatic. In some cases, however, it is the result of underlying structural or neurological abnormalities.
Terminology
Early onset sco...
Case
Menkes disease
Published
25 Jun 2012
68% complete
MRI
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Moyamoya with recurrent cerebral infarctions
Published
09 May 2014
81% complete
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MRI
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Morning glory sign (midbrain)
Morning glory sign of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and multisystem atrophy, not to be confused with morning glory syndrome, refers to the appearance of the midbrain on axial imaging 1.
Graphically this is identified on an axial image at the level of the midbrain by drawing 1:
a horiz...
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Cerebral amyloid angiopathy
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is a cerebrovascular disorder caused by the accumulation of cerebral amyloid-β (Aβ) in the tunica media and adventitia of leptomeningeal and cortical vessels of the brain. The resultant vascular fragility tends to manifest in normotensive elderly patients as lob...
Case
Dyke-Davidoff-Mason syndrome
Published
09 Feb 2016
90% complete
MRI
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Adrenomyeloneuropathy
Adrenomyeloneuropathy is a form of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy characterized by pronounced involvement of the spinal cord with only minor involvement of the cerebral white matter.
Clinical presentation
Clinical presentation depends on whether or not there is also cerebral involvement.
In ...
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Shrimp sign (progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy)
The shrimp sign is an MRI marker of cerebellar progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, characterized by T2-hyperintensity in the cerebellar white matter abutting but sparing the dentate nucleus.
The white matter lesion resembles a shrimp, with the dentate nucleus outlining the belly of the ...
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Fahr disease
Published
27 Apr 2015
62% complete
CT
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