title: [Magnetic resonance imaging in spinocerebellar degenerative diseases (apropos of 8 cases)].
abstract: The results of NMR imaging in 8 cases of spinocerebellar degenerative diseases (age 4 to 19 years) are presented. In Friedreich ataxia (5 cases), spinal atrophy was constant and often severe, and was associated with a moderate cerebellar and/or bulbar atrophy in 3 cases. In hereditary spastic paraplegia, the only finding was a mild spinal atrophy in 2 of the 3 cases.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005621:Friedreich Ataxia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013132:Spinocerebellar Degenerations / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Apport de l'imagerie par résonance magnétique dans les maladies dégénératives spino-cérébelleuses (a propos de 8 cas).