title: CT-scanning and magnetic resonance imaging in idiopathic spasmodic torticollis.
abstract: Twenty-five consecutive patients with idiopathic spasmodic torticollis (IST) were investigated with computerized tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain. In only six patients (24%) did CT or MRI reveal brain pathology (focal cortical atrophy and lacunary infarcts). No consistent pathological pattern was detected. Consequently, CT and MRI of the brain provides little diagnostic information in this disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Malmö General Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hanko
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hindfelt
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matilainen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sjöberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001284:Atrophy; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000473:pathology; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014103:Torticollis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*