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. 2003 May;45(5):315-9.
doi: 10.1007/s00234-003-0945-9. Epub 2003 Apr 11.

Ataxia-telangiectasia: the pattern of cerebellar atrophy on MRI

F Tavani  1 , R A Zimmerman, G T Berry, K Sullivan, R Gatti, P Bingham
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Ataxia-telangiectasia: the pattern of cerebellar atrophy on MRI

F Tavani et al. Neuroradiology. 2003 May.

Abstract

We describe MRI of the brain in 19 patients with ataxia-telangiectasia (AT) and correlate the appearances with the degree of neurologic deficit. We examined 10 male and nine female patients; 17 were aged between 2 and 12 years (mean 8 years) but a woman and her brother were 35 and 38 years old, and had a variant of AT. Ataxia was the first recognized sign of the disease in every patient. We detected the following patterns of cerebellar atrophy: in the youngest patient, aged 2 years, the study was normal; in the five next youngest patients 3-7 years of age, the lateral cerebellum and superior vermis showed the earliest changes of atrophy; and all but one of the other patients had moderate to marked diffuse atrophy of vermis and cerebellar hemispheres. There were 12 patients aged 9 years and above; one, who was normal, was 9 years old. The five patients who at the time of examination were unable to walk all had diffuse atrophy involving both vermis and cerebellar hemispheres.

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