Magnetic resonance imaging in degenerative ataxic disorders

Ormerod, I. E., Harding, A. E., Miller, D. H., Johnson, G., MacManus, D., du Boulay, E. P., Kendall, B. E., Moseley, I. F. and McDonald, W. I. (1994) Magnetic resonance imaging in degenerative ataxic disorders. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 57 (1). pp. 51-57. ISSN 0022-3050

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Abstract

MRI of the brain was performed in 53 patients with a variety of degenerative ataxias and related disorders and 96 control subjects. Atrophy of intracranial structures was not seen in patients with the pure type of hereditary spastic paraplegia, or in early cases of Friedreich's ataxia. In advanced Friedreich's ataxia there was atrophy of the vermis and medulla. The MRI features of early onset cerebellar ataxia with retained reflexes were variable, and suggest heterogeneity. In autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxias, most patients had cerebellar and brainstem atrophy, probably reflecting the pathological process of olivopontocerebellar atrophy; there was no clearly defined group with both clinical and imaging features of isolated cerebellar involvement. The MRI abnormalities in idiopathic late onset cerebellar ataxia were predominantly those of cerebellar and brainstem atrophy or pure cerebellar atrophy. The clinical and imaging features of brainstem abnormalities were discordant in several patients. Pure cerebellar atrophy was associated with slower progression of disability. Cerebral atrophy was common in the late onset ataxias. Cerebral white matter lesions, although usually few in number, were observed in significantly more patients than controls, particularly those aged over 50 years.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Clinical Trials Unit Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Cancer Studies
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	05 Oct 2015 14:49
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 01:17
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/54554
DOI:	10.1136/jnnp.57.1.51

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