Acute mountain sickness (AMS) occurs commonly in hikers who are rapidly exposed to high altitude environments. Despite the numerous reports of AMS, few studies have reported pallidal lesions associated with altitude sickness. A previously healthy 49-yr-old Korean patient, after ascent to 4,700 m, suffered symptoms consistent with AMS. After returning home, the patient showed changes in personal...

A fast spin-echo inversion-recovery (FSE-IR) sequence is described for its utility regarding surgical planning for patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) who are undergoing microelectrode-guided internal globus pallidus (GPi) ablation. Images from thirty-seven adult patients with PD were reviewed and visualization of the GPi, globus pallidus externa (GPe), and the intervening lamina was noted. ...

Whereas globus pallidus lesions resulting from carbon monoxide intoxication have been extensively described in the literature, the clinical significance of pallidoreticular lesions has rarely been mentioned. This study incorporated information from functional and structural imaging to explore the correlations of pallidoreticular lesions with parkinsonian features and neurobehavioural performanc...

Wilson's disease is an inborn error of copper metabolism that characterized by deficiency ceruloplasmin, the serum transport protein for copper. Copper collected in liver, and after hepatic binding sites are saturated, it released. Systemic then develops there abnormal accumulation brain, particularly putamen globus pallidus. Presenting this case a 32-year-old male patient who presented with pe...

Localiser les structures cérébrales atteintes dans le blépharospasme. Étude rétrospective, consécutive, des IRM craniocérébrales portant sur patients atteints de blépharospasme secondaire et ayant leurs antécédents immédiats un accident vasculaire cérébral ou traumatisme crânien. Six répartis en 4 d’AVC avec lésions ischémiques hémorragiques thalamus noyaux caudés 2 victimes TC contusives séque...

Cocaine is a risk factor for both ischemic and haemorrhagic stroke. We present the case of a 31-year-old man with bilateral ischemia of the globus pallidus after excessive alcohol and intranasal cocaine use. Drug-related globus pallidus infarctions are most often associated with heroin. Bilateral basal ganglia infarcts after the use of cocaine, without concurrent heroin use, have never been rep...

We describe the MR appearance of kernicterus (bilirubin encephalopathy). T2-weighted images show high signal bilaterally in the globus pallidus, a known area of cerebral deposition of bilirubin.