Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9257504 | CMIG Extra: Cases | 2005 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Vacuolating megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy is a recently defined entity characterized by swelling of white matter, subcortical cysts in fronto-temporal regions and slow progression of neurological symptoms that contrasts with the severity of radiological findings. We present a late follow-up of a case with vacuolating megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy. There was an improvement of the brain swelling and associated sulcal enlargement. Of notice was basal ganglia involvement which has not been described previously.
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Authors
Hakki Muammer Karakas, Ahmet Kemal Firat, Cengiz Yakinci, Bayram Kahraman,