We report a patient with cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX) presenting with dementia, spastic tetraparesis and an unreported akinetic-rigid syndrome. Computed tomography (CT) showed only cerebellar abnormalities while magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) detected additional pallidal and mesencephalic focal alterations. MRI findings, but not CT, correlated with the clinical picture.

Fiorelli, M., Di Piero, V., Bastianello, S., Bozzao, L., Federico, A. (1990). Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis: clinical and MRI study (a case report). JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY, NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY, 53(1), 76-78 [10.1136/jnnp.53.1.76].

Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis: clinical and MRI study (a case report)

Federico, A.
1990-01-01

Abstract

We report a patient with cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX) presenting with dementia, spastic tetraparesis and an unreported akinetic-rigid syndrome. Computed tomography (CT) showed only cerebellar abnormalities while magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) detected additional pallidal and mesencephalic focal alterations. MRI findings, but not CT, correlated with the clinical picture.
1990
Fiorelli, M., Di Piero, V., Bastianello, S., Bozzao, L., Federico, A. (1990). Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis: clinical and MRI study (a case report). JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY, NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY, 53(1), 76-78 [10.1136/jnnp.53.1.76].
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