title: [Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome. Indicative findings in cranial computerized and magnetic resonance tomography for intra vitam diagnosis].
abstract: We report the case of a female patient with a progressive therapy-resistant extrapyramidal movement disorder. Cranial computed tomography showed symetrical hyperdensities in the globus pallidus. The same areas are of decreased signal intensity in magnetic resonance imaging. These findings suggest an increased iron accumulation. The clinical symptoms and the radiological findings of the cerebrum are highly indicative for a Hallervorden-Spatz disease.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Kinderklinik, Bereich Neuropädiatrie, Universitäts-Kliniken, Münster.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kurlemann
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bongartz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuchelmeister
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Palm
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005917:Globus Pallidus / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D006211:Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Das Hallervorden-Spatz-Syndrom. Richtungsweisende Befunde in der kraniellen Computer- und Magnetresonanztomographie für eine Diagnose intra vitam.