Cerebellum and brain stem atrophy in a child with Huntington's chorea.
An 11-yr-old girl with Huntington's chorea since the age of 4 had mental deterioration, chorea, rigidity, generalized convulsions and cerebellar ataxia. Computerized tomography (CT) showed atrophy of the cerebellum and brain stem in addition to atrophy of the caudate nucleus and cerebral cortex.
D001284:Atrophy; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006816:Huntington Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed