Magnetic resonance imaging of bilateral mesial temporal sclerosis in chronic kernicterus

Kernicterus is an encephalopathy resulting from the cerebral deposition of unconjugated bilirubin in the neonatal period. We report a case of kernicterus where MRI demonstrated bilateral symmetric high signal intensity and volume loss in the hippocampus in addition to globus pallidus and subthalamic...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mendes, Virginia C., Costa, Fernando, Silva, Antónia, Rosas, Maria José
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
Materias:
Neuroimaging
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3162778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21887194
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.57339
Descripción
Sumario:Kernicterus is an encephalopathy resulting from the cerebral deposition of unconjugated bilirubin in the neonatal period. We report a case of kernicterus where MRI demonstrated bilateral symmetric high signal intensity and volume loss in the hippocampus in addition to globus pallidus and subthalamic nucleus hyperintensity onT2-weighted images. The authors believe that hippocampal sclerosis, plays a role in adding specificity to the imaging diagnosis of kernicterus.

Ejemplares similares