title: Mineralization of the basal ganglia detected by CT in Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome.
abstract: We studied a patient with autopsy-proven Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome (HSS) and the previously unreported finding of high-density lesions in the basal ganglia on CT. The diagnosis of HSS should be considered in a patient with dystonia and basal ganglia mineralization on CT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27514.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Tennison
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Bouldin
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Whaley
mesh_terms: D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000378:metabolism*; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000378:metabolism*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005917:Globus Pallidus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008903:Minerals / Q000378:metabolism*; D006211:Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D008903:Minerals