Kernicterus with abnormal high-signal changes bilaterally in the globus pallidus: A case report

S Culleton; H K Kok; C Barras; S Looby; P Brennan; H Asadi

Kernicterus with abnormal high-signal changes bilaterally in the globus pallidus: A case report

Ir Med J. 2018 Apr 19;111(4):739.

Authors

S Culleton¹, H K Kok², C Barras³, S Looby², P Brennan², H Asadi^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neuroradiology, Galway University Hospital, Ireland.
² Department of Neuroradiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland
³ Lysholm Department of Neuroradiology, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom
⁴ School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, VIC, Australia.

PMID: 30488686

Abstract

Kernicterus is a relatively rare consequence of hyperbilirubinemia. There is an important role for MRI imaging for this entity in the appropriate clinical context as there are distinct signal changes in the globus pallidus. A case report and image findings are presented

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Female
Globus Pallidus / diagnostic imaging*
Globus Pallidus / pathology*
Humans
Hyperbilirubinemia / complications
Infant
Kernicterus / diagnostic imaging*
Kernicterus / etiology
Kernicterus / pathology*
Neuroimaging*