Basal Ganglia T1 Hyperintensity-MRI
This is a 14 year old boy with involuntary movements and hyperglycemia. Basal Ganglia T1 hyperintensity is noted and following are differential diagnosis for T1 hyperintensity in basal ganglia. Case Submitted by Dr Mitesh Gupta.
Causes:
- methaemoglobin in intracranial hemorrhage
- idiopathic calcification
- hepatic failure
- hamartoma in neurofibromatosis type 1
- hyperalimentation
- Wilson's disease
- hyperglycemia associated chorea-ballism : non-ketotic hyperglycaemic hemichorea (NHH)
Basal Ganglia T1 Hyperintensity-MRI
Reviewed by Sumer Sethi
on
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
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