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ReviewNeuroradiology2020

Bilateral lesions of the basal ganglia and thalami (central grey matter)-pictorial review.

Sofie Van Cauter, Mariasavina Severino, Rosamaria Ammendola, Brecht Van Berkel, Hrvoje Vavro, Luc van den Hauwe, Zoran Rumboldt

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Review in Neuroradiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Sofie Van CauterDepartment of Medical Imaging, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600, Genk, Belgium. sofie.vancauter@zol.be.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9537-3795
Mariasavina SeverinoNeuroradiology Unit, IRCCS Instituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy.
Rosamaria AmmendolaNeuroradiology Unit, IRCCS Instituto Giannina Gaslini, Via Gerolamo Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy.
Brecht Van BerkelDepartment of Medical Imaging, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Schiepse Bos 6, 3600, Genk, Belgium.
Hrvoje VavroDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Dubrava, Avenija Gojka Šuška 6, Zagreb, Croatia.
Luc van den HauweDepartment of Radiology, University Hospital Antwerp, Wilrijkstraat 10, 2650, Edegem, Belgium.
Zoran RumboldtDepartment of Radiology, University of Rijeka School of Medicine, Ulica Braće Branchetta 20, 51000, Rijeka, Croatia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The basal ganglia and thalami are paired deep grey matter structures with extensive metabolic activity that renders them susceptible to injury by various diseases. Most pathological processes lead to bilateral lesions, which may be symmetric or asymmetric, frequently showing characteristic patterns on imaging studies. In this comprehensive pictorial review, the most common and/or typical genetic, acquired metabolic/toxic, infectious, inflammatory, vascular and neoplastic pathologies affecting the central grey matter are subdivided according to the preferential location of the lesions: in the basal ganglia, in the thalami or both. The characteristic imaging findings are described with emphasis on the differential diagnosis and clinical context.

Indexed as

Basal GangliaBrain DiseasesDiagnosis, DifferentialGray MatterHumansThalamusBasal gangliaBilateral lesionsCTMRISymmetric lesionsThalamus

Identifiers

PMID32761278
PMCPMC7405775

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