title: Hepatoerythropoietic porphyria: neuroimaging findings.
abstract: CT and MR findings in two patients with hepatoerythropoietic porphyria are presented. CT scans showed atrophy and cortical mineralization at the same level. MR examination performed in one of the two patients showed mainly frontal cortical atrophy and punctate bright signal on T1- and T2-weighted sequences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hospital Clinic i Provincial de Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berenguer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blasco
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cardenal
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pujol
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Cruces Prado
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Herrero
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mascaró
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de la Torre
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mercader
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology*; D017034:Epilepsy, Frontal Lobe / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017121:Porphyria, Hepatoerythropoietic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed