High-intensity basal ganglia lesions on T1-weighted MR images in neurofibromatosis

AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology
S A MirowitzM Gado

Abstract

Basal ganglia lesions, characterized on MR by increased signal intensity on T1-weighted images, were observed in seven patients with documented neurofibromatosis. These lesions most often involved the globus pallidus and internal capsules in a bilateral and symmetric fashion, and extended across the anterior commissure resulting in a "dumbbell" configuration. Smaller and less prominent foci of increased signal also were present on corresponding T2-weighted images. These lesions did not exhibit mass effect, edema, or enhancement with gadolinium-DTPA. They were not visible on CT (performed in two patients) and demonstrated no progression during a 2-year interval in three patients. Their signal characteristics and morphology suggest that they represent heterotopias containing Schwann cells and/or melanin deposits. Migrational abnormalities of these neural crest derivatives are known to occur in neurofibromatosis, and the presence of such heterotopias has been documented pathologically in patients with this disorder. While recent reports discuss foci of increased signal intensity on T2-weighted MR images in patients with neurofibromatosis, signal abnormalities on T1-weighted images have not yet been described. When lesions characte...Continue Reading

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