title: MRI follow-up of basal ganglia involvement in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.
abstract: A 12-year-old male with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is presented. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed basal ganglia involvement without white matter changes for several months. Basal ganglia changes are not infrequent in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, but they tend to appear in advanced clinical stages. Prominent basal ganglia involvement may occur very rarely in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. In our patient, serial magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated the involvement of white matter after 2 years of magnetic resonance imaging follow-up. In contrast with the neuroradiologic progression, our patient's clinical status remained stable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Dokuz Eylül University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Akdal
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baklan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cakmakçi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kovanlikaya
mesh_terms: D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000473:pathology; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D018450:Disease Progression; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013344:Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis*