Hypoplasia of the corpus callosum in Niemann-Pick type C disease

S Palmeri; C Battisti; A Federico; G C Guazzi

doi:10.1007/BF00599187

Hypoplasia of the corpus callosum in Niemann-Pick type C disease

Neuroradiology. 1994;36(1):20-2. doi: 10.1007/BF00599187.

Authors

S Palmeri¹, C Battisti, A Federico, G C Guazzi

Affiliation

¹ Istituto di Scienze Neurologiche, Università degli studi di Siena, Italy.

PMID: 8107989
DOI: 10.1007/BF00599187

Abstract

In two unrelated patients with Niemann-Pick type C disease MRI showed symmetrical cerebral and cerebellar atrophy and hypoplasia of the corpus callosum. T2-weighted images in one showed high signal areas in the posterior white matter.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Atrophy
Cerebellum / pathology
Cerebral Cortex / pathology
Corpus Callosum / pathology*
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Niemann-Pick Diseases / diagnosis*