Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and MRI Tractography in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy-Like Syndrome.

ABSTRACT: An 18-year-old woman underwent an uneventful ascending aortic aneurysm repair then developed progressive supranuclear palsy-like syndrome. Extensive neuroimaging including contrasted fat-suppressed cranial and orbital magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), MRI tractography, and functional MRI (fMRI) revealed no clear radiographic involvement except for a single tiny hypoechoic midbrain dot on the T2*-weighted gradient-echo imaging, which is not considered sufficient to account for the patient's deficits. This case attests to the occult nature of this rare and devastating syndrome.

SUBMITTER: Vaphiades MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5123098 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature