Two Cases of Menkes Disease With Similar Intracranial Arterial Tortuosity on Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Shichiro Katase, Kazuhiro Tsuchiya, Nanako Habu, Ichiro Hada, Shohei Takahashi, Ryota Kurayama, Miho Gomyo, Masanaka Watanabe, Kaori Iwamoto, Kenichi Yokoyama · 2024
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Shichiro Katase and co-authors report two cases of Menkes disease in children, in a 2024 paper. Menkes disease is an inherited disorder that blocks copper uptake in the body. Copper lack harms the hair, blood vessels, and brain. Brain scans in the disease often show winding arteries inside the skull. The two children in this report shared that striking pattern.
In both cases, the winding arteries showed as dark flow voids near a key groove of the brain. Neither child had the dedicated vessel scan that usually reveals the sign. The authors say the plain MRI clue can flag the disease even when doctors are not looking for it. Catching the pattern early may speed diagnosis. They urge radiologists to watch for these flow voids in children's scans.
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| CREATOR | Shichiro Katase, Kazuhiro Tsuchiya, Nanako Habu, Ichiro Hada, Shohei Takahashi, Ryota Kurayama, Miho Gomyo, Masanaka Watanabe, Kaori Iwamoto, Kenichi Yokoyama |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 17 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |