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Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2006; 04(01): 061-064
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1557290
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart – New York

Vasogenic edema-like pattern in Wilson’s disease: Diffusion-weighted imaging findings

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  • Mehmet H. Atalar

    a   Department of Radiology, Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, Sivas, Turkiye

  • Dilara İçaǧasıoǧlu

    b   Departments of Pediatric Neurology, Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, Sivas, Turkiye

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05. November 2004

18. März 2005

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29. Juli 2015 (online)

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Abstract

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an efficient method for documenting involvement of the central nervous system in Wilson’s disease, thus allowing better anatomical and clinical correlation. The neurologic symptoms of Wilson’s disease are usually caused by cerebral copper accumulation sufficient to destroy nerve cells. Cranial MRI findings in cases of Wilson’s disease have previously been described. We herein report a case of 9-year-old female patient with Wilson’s disease, proved by liver biopsy, who underwent cranial diffusion-weighted MRI.

Keywords

Wilson’s disease - diffusion-weighted MRI