Acute Wallerian degeneration of middle cerebellar peduncles due to basilar artery thrombosis
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Bilateral wallerian degeneration of the middle cerebellar peduncles due to unilateral pontine infarction.
We report the case of a patient with bilateral and symmetrical T2 hyperintensities of the middle cerebellar peduncles. She had a history of left pontine infarction 8 months before. This was attributed to bilateral Wallerian degeneration. MR Spectroscopy showed decreased N-acetyl aspartate/Creatine (NAA/Cr) ratio in the cerebellar peduncles as well as in the whole cerebellum. We hypothesize that...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0971-3026
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.116581