Striatonigral degeneration: clinical, MRI, and pathologic correlation.
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.
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Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota Health Sciences Center, Minneapolis 55455.
Sung
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McGeachie
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Lee
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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*