title: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and MRI Tractography in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy-Like Syndrome.
abstract: An 18-year-old woman underwent an uneventful ascending aortic aneurysm repair then developed progressive supranuclear palsy-like syndrome. Extensive neuroimaging including contrasted fat-suppressed cranial and orbital magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), MRI tractography, and functional MRI (fMRI) revealed no clear radiographic involvement except for a single tiny hypoechoic midbrain dot on the T2*-weighted gradient-echo imaging, which is not considered sufficient to account for the patient's deficits. This case attests to the occult nature of this rare and devastating syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Neurosurgery.
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Vaphiades
authors.affiliation: Neurobiology and.
authors.forename: Kristina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Visscher
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Ophthalmology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New YorkNew York USA.
authors.forename: Janet C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Rucker
authors.affiliation: Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham BirminghamAlabama USA and.
authors.forename: Surjith
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vattoth
authors.affiliation: Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham BirminghamAlabama USA and.
authors.forename: Glenn H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Roberson
keywords: MRI tractography; fMRI; gradient-echo imaging; progressive supranuclear palsy