Menkes' disease with a Dandy-Walker variant: case report

Authors
Bekiesinska-Figatowska, M Rokicki, D Walecki, J Gremida, M
Citation
M. Bekiesinska-figatowska et al., Menkes' disease with a Dandy-Walker variant: case report, NEURORADIOL, 43(11), 2001, pp. 948-950
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
NEURORADIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00283940 → ACNP
Volume
43
Issue
11
Year of publication
2001
Pages
948 - 950
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3940(200111)43:11<948:MDWADV>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We report a boy with Menkes' disease in whom MRI revealed delayed myelinati on of the white matter., brain atrophy and tortuosity of the intracranial v essels. The characteristic MRI features of Menkes' disease were accompanied by a Dandy-Walker variant.