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ArticleQuantitative imaging in medicine and surgery2017

Diagnostic contribution of magnetic resonance imaging in an atypical presentation of motor neuron disease.

Lorenzo Ugga, Cinzia Coppola, Sirio Cocozza, Dario Saracino, Ferdinando Caranci, Francesco Tuccillo, Elisabetta Signoriello, Sara Casertano, Giuseppe Di Iorio, Enrico Tedeschi

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Article in Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Lorenzo UggaDepartment of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Neuroradiology Unit, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy.
Cinzia CoppolaDivision of Neurology, Department of Medical, Surgical, Neurologic, Metabolic and Aging Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
Sirio CocozzaDepartment of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Neuroradiology Unit, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy.
Dario SaracinoDivision of Neurology, Department of Medical, Surgical, Neurologic, Metabolic and Aging Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
Ferdinando CaranciDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences "V. Tiberio", University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy.
Francesco TuccilloDivision of Neurology, Department of Medical, Surgical, Neurologic, Metabolic and Aging Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
Elisabetta SignorielloDivision of Neurology, Department of Medical, Surgical, Neurologic, Metabolic and Aging Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
Sara CasertanoDivision of Neurology, Department of Medical, Surgical, Neurologic, Metabolic and Aging Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
Giuseppe Di IorioDivision of Neurology, Department of Medical, Surgical, Neurologic, Metabolic and Aging Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
Enrico TedeschiDepartment of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Neuroradiology Unit, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy.
University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · ITFederico II University Hospital · ITUniversity of Molise · ITUniversity of Naples Federico II · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Motor neuron disease (MND) is a neurodegenerative disease determining progressive and relentless motor deterioration involving both upper and lower motor neurons (UMN and LMN); several variants at onset are described. Here we describe a case of MND presenting as pure spastic monoparesis in which magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) gave a substantial contribution in confirming the diagnosis and assessing the severity of UMN involvement. An isolated pyramidal syndrome, with complete absence of LMN signs, is a rare phenotype in the context of MND (less than 4% of total cases), especially if restricted to only one limb. Several other elements made this case an unusual presentation of MND: the late age of onset (8

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corticospinal tract (CST)diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS)Motor neuron disease (MND)

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PMID29312877
PMCPMC5756789
OpenAlexW2765537284

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