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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 Rating: 5

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