MRI FINDINGS IN MARINESCO-SJOGREN SYNDROME - REPORT OF 3 CASES WITH UNUSUAL FEATURES

Marines co-Sjogren syndrome is an inherited neuro-ocular disease with spinocerebellar symptoms and cataracts. The authors report three cases , two of them belonging to the same family, with unusual magnetic reso nance imaging findings, consisting of atrophy of optic nerve, optic ch iasm and occipital cortex. Like in other progressive ataxias, the auth ors are probably dealing with different neuropathological and clinical forms, some of which combining atrophy of the optic nerve and optic p athway with the basic features of cerebellar and brain stem atrophy.