Computer Assisted Tomography in Adrenoleukodystrophy
Autor: | Di Chiro G, Eiben Rm |
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Rok vydání: | 1977 |
Předmět: |
Adolescent
business.industry Computer assisted tomography Brain Diffuse Cerebral Sclerosis of Schilder Anatomy medicine.disease Radiographic Image Enhancement White matter Contrast medium medicine.anatomical_structure Feature (computer vision) Ventricle Attenuation coefficient medicine Humans Enlarged ventricles Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Adrenoleukodystrophy Child Tomography X-Ray Computed business |
Zdroj: | Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography. 1:308-314 |
ISSN: | 0363-8715 |
Popis: | Our findings on computer assisted tomography of the brain in four cases of adrenoleukodystrophy are sufficiently consistent to warrant delineation. Early changes, which may predate obvious clinical findings, are represented by areas of decreased attenuation coefficient in the posterior (parieto-occipital) white matter around the trigonum of each lateral ventricle. Subsequently the temporal, parietal, and frontal lobes are involved, and the extensive areas of decreased attenuation coefficient in the white matter become almost indistinguishable from the conspicuously enlarged ventricles. Only a thin ependymal wall separates the ventricular cavities from the leukomalacia lesions. Contrast medium enhancement at the periphery of the affected regions is an important, although inconsistent, feature. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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