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Bilateral Wallerian degeneration of the medial cerebellar peduncles after ponto-mesencephalic infarction
Sabine FitzekSabine FitzekClemens FitzekClemens FitzekPeter Stoetersubject
MaleWallerian degenerationPathologymedicine.medical_specialtyRetrograde DegenerationBrain Stem InfarctionsInfarctionCentral nervous system diseasePonsmedicineHumansRadiology Nuclear Medicine and imagingAgedmedicine.diagnostic_testEcho-Planar Imagingbusiness.industryMagnetic resonance imagingGeneral MedicineMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseHyperintensityDiffusion Magnetic Resonance Imagingnervous systemFemaleTomography X-Ray ComputedWallerian DegenerationbusinessEcho planarDiffusion MRIdescription
Three patients with acute large paramedian ponto-mesencephalic infarctions developed a bilateral retrograde degeneration of the medial cerebellar peduncles within 4 months after the insult. In an initial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) within the first 2 weeks, the medial cerebellar peduncles showed normal intensities, but a control MRI after 4 months showed bright hyperintensities in the T2-TSE weighted images, and moderately increased signal intensities in echo planar imaging-diffusion weighted imaging were seen, possibly representing bilateral Wallerian degeneration of the cerebellar-pontine fibers.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-02-18 | European Journal of Radiology |