title: Reversibility of hyperintense globus pallidus on T 1-weighted MRI follow- ing surgery for a portosystemic shunt in an 8-year-old girl.
abstract: An 8-year-old Japanese girl with a portosystemic shunt had shown hyperammonaemia since she was 3 years of age. MRI of her brain showed bilateral hyperintense globus pallidus. A portosystemic shunt was evident on US and angiography. She underwent surgical banding of the shunt, after which the lesion and clinical symptoms disappeared.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Kumamoto University Medical School, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sera
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohshiro
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uchino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seguchi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Endo
mesh_terms: D000641:Ammonia / Q000097:blood; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005917:Globus Pallidus / Q000473:pathology*; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011170:Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012086:Reoperation
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D000641:Ammonia