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Pictorial Review of Basal Ganglia and Thalamic Lesions |
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S Shyam, Srikanth Vankineni, KR Parthasarathy, G HShashank, Bava Mehthab 1. Assistant Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis, SSIMS&RC, Davangere, Karnataka, India. 2. Assistant Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis, SSIMS&RC, Davangere, Karnataka, India. 3. Professor and Head, Department of Radiodiagnosis, SSIMS&RC, Davangere, Karnataka, India. 4. Junior Resident, Department of Radiodiagnosis, SSIMS&RC, Davangere, Karnataka, India. 5. Junior Resident, Department of Radiodiagnosis, SSIMS&RC, Davangere, Karnataka, India. |
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Correspondence Address : Srikanth Vankineni, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, SSIMS&RC, Davangere, Karnataka, India. E-mail: vsc4444@gmail.com |
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Keywords : Artery of percheron infarct, Dengue encephalitis, Osmotic demyelinosis, Toxic encephalopathy MRI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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INTRODUCTION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basal ganglia (BG) are paired symmetric subcortical (deep grey matter) nuclei that form the core of the extrapyramidal system and control motor activity. BG pathologies manifest clinically as movement and tone dysfunction; some may present with alteration in higher mental functions such as behavioural problems, memory and other thought processes (1). Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging is the modality of choice for evaluating the BG. Computed Tomography (CT) may well be the primary investigation, mainly in emergency situations in which patients present with altered sensorium or acute onset seizures (2). Based on the clinical history, involvement of other brain structures in MRI and the relative laboratory findings, accurate diagnosis is reached. Clinical and laboratory findings correlation is essential to reach accurate diagnosis (2). In this pictorial review, we have described different cases affecting BG and thalamus in our Institute. Vascular conditions like infarcts, haemorrhage, cerebral venous thrombosis, Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy (HIE), toxic conditions like methanol and Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, metabolic conditions like hypo and hyper glycaemia, pontine demyelinosis and few infectious conditions like dengue encephalitis and Acute necrotising encephalitis were encountered (Table/Fig 1) (3),(4),(5),(6),(7),(8),(9),(10),(11). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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