title: MRI findings in headbangers.
abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in a mentally retarded adult female who exhibits headbanging behavior are presented. Radiographic changes include enlargement of the diploic space in the parietal and occipital bones, and gray matter loss adjacent to the bony changes. This pattern of injury is compared with skull changes previously reported in headbangers, and neuronal injury seen in boxers (dementia pugilistica) and Minimata disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of South Alabama Hospitals and Clinics, Mobile, USA.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Carlock
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Graves
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010294:Parietal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D019956:Stereotypic Movement Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology