Symptomatic manganese neurotoxicity in a patient with chronic liver disease: correlation of clinical symptoms with MRI findings.
Publication/Presentation Date
3-1-1994
Abstract
Hyperintense symmetric pallidal lesions have been described in chronic hepatic failure. Similar lesions are reported in experimental models of manganese neurotoxicity. We describe an 8-year-old girl with chronic hepatic failure and dystonia in association with an elevated whole blood manganese level and symmetric hyperintense pallidal lesions on magnetic resonance imaging. After hepatic transplantation, her symptoms and signs resolved with normalization of magnetic resonance imaging and the whole blood manganese suggesting that in chronic hepatic failure, the pallidal lesions may be secondary to manganese deposition.
Volume
10
Issue
2
First Page
145
Last Page
148
ISSN
0887-8994
Published In/Presented At
Barron, T. F., Devenyi, A. G., & Mamourian, A. C. (1994). Symptomatic manganese neurotoxicity in a patient with chronic liver disease: correlation of clinical symptoms with MRI findings. Pediatric neurology, 10(2), 145–148. https://doi.org/10.1016/0887-8994(94)90047-7
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Pediatrics
PubMedID
8024663
Department(s)
Department of Pediatrics
Document Type
Article