Thalamic involvement in a patient with kernicterus.
We report the MR imaging findings of a 16-month-old boy with dyskinetic cerebral palsy resulting from kernicterus. T2-weighted images showed symmetric bilateral hyperintensity in the thalamus in addition to the globus pallidus.
Yilmaz
Yüksel
Y
Department of Pediatrics, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey. erkyilmaz@e-kolay.net
Ekinci
Gazanfer
G
D005917:Globus Pallidus / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007647:Kernicterus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013788:Thalamus / Q000473:pathology*