title: Magnetic resonance imaging of bilateral mesial temporal sclerosis in chronic kernicterus.
abstract: Kernicterus is an encephalopathy resulting from the cerebral deposition of unconjugated bilirubin in the neonatal period. We report a case of kernicterus where MRI demonstrated bilateral symmetric high signal intensity and volume loss in the hippocampus in addition to globus pallidus and subthalamic nucleus hyperintensity onT2-weighted images. The authors believe that hippocampal sclerosis, plays a role in adding specificity to the imaging diagnosis of kernicterus.
authors: Department of Neuroradiology, Hospital de S. João, Porto, Portugal.
authors: Virginia C
authors: VC
authors: Mendes
authors: Fernando
authors: F
authors: Costa
authors: Antónia
authors: A
authors: Silva
authors: Maria José
authors: MJ
authors: Rosas