title: Magnetic resonance imaging in pathologically proven Hallervorden-Spatz disease.
abstract: We present an 11-year-old girl in whom high field strength MRI performed 2 1/2 years and 6 months before her death showed prominent hypointensity in the globus pallidus and substantia nigra consistent with iron deposition. This finding suggested Hallervorden-Spatz disease, which was confirmed at autopsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropathology, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ 85013.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Schaffert
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Johnsen
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Drayer
mesh_terms: D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D006211:Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration / Q000473:pathology*