Basal Ganglia T1 Hyperintensity-MRI
This is a 14 year old boy with involuntary movements and hyperglycemia. Basal Ganglia T1 hyperintensity is noted and following are differential diagnosis for T1 hyperintensity in basal ganglia. Case Submitted by Dr Mitesh Gupta.
Causes:
methaemoglobin in intracranial hemorrhage
idiopathic calcification
hepatic failure
hamartoma in neurofibromatosis type 1
hyperalimentation
Wilson's disease
hyperglycemia associated chorea-ballism : non-ketotic hyperglycaemic hemichorea (NHH)
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