title: Striatonigral degeneration: clinical, MRI, and pathologic correlation.
abstract: We report a patient with striatonigral degeneration in whom T2-weighted MRI imaging revealed low signal and atrophy in the putamen. Neuropathologic studies confirmed putaminal atrophy and iron deposition in the MRI low signal regions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota Health Sciences Center, Minneapolis 55455.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: McGeachie
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D001284:Atrophy; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D011699:Putamen / Q000473:pathology*; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000473:pathology*