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Accelerated Myelination in Early Sturge-Weber Syndrome Demonstrated by MR Imaging
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Accelerated Myelination in Early Sturge-Weber Syndrome Demonstrated by MR Imaging

Charles G Jacoby, William T. C Yuh, Add K Afifi, William E Bell, Robert L Schelper and Yutaka Sato
Journal of computer assisted tomography, Vol.11(2), pp.226-231
03/1987
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-198703000-00005
PMID: 3819119

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Abstract

Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in two infants with Sturge-Weber syndrome has demonstrated a pattern of accelerated myelination in the abnormal cerebral hemisphere. The extent of myelination was most apparent on the T1-weighted inversion recovery sequence while the T2-weighted images demonstrated concomitant changes in hydration of the brain. We propose an explanation for this finding based on cerebral ischemia underlying the leptomeningeal angioma.

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