Teaching NeuroImage: corticospinal tract.
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A 60-year-old man presented with progressive weakness for 2 years that began in the right arm and subsequently spread to all limbs. On examination, he had both upper and lower motor neuron signs including spasticity, hyperreflexia, and fasciculations in addition to asymmetric weakness. The sensory examination was normal. He was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). MRI showed bilateral symmetric hyperintensities on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery sequence, corresponding to the degeneration of the corticospinal tracts from the level of motor cortex to ventral pons as shown in the figure. From 22 to 39% of patients with ALS will have this finding on brain MRI.1,2
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Neurology
دوره 71 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008