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Punctate periventricular T2 hyperintense foci

MedGen UID:
868266
Concept ID:
C4022658
Finding
HPO: HP:0030081

Definition

Multiple pointlike areas of high T2 signal observed upon magnetic resonance imaging of the periventricular cerebral white matter. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPunctate periventricular T2 hyperintense foci

Conditions with this feature

Leukodystrophy, hypomyelinating, 20
MedGen UID:
1765130
Concept ID:
C5436730
Disease or Syndrome
Hypomyelinating leukodystrophy-20 (HLD20) is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the loss of developmental milestones at about 12 to 16 months of age after normal early development. Patients lose motor, language, and cognitive skills and show poor overall growth with microcephaly. The disorder is progressive, resulting in feeding difficulties and spastic quadriplegia. Some patients may have seizures. Brain imaging shows subcortical white matter abnormalities and a thin corpus callosum, suggesting a myelination defect. Death usually occurs in childhood (Al-Abdi et al., 2020). For a discussion of genetic heterogeneity of HLD, see 312080.

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Etiology

Greco A, Tannock C, Brostoff J, Costa DC
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1997 Aug;18(7):1265-9. PMID: 9282853Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Greco A, Tannock C, Brostoff J, Costa DC
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1997 Aug;18(7):1265-9. PMID: 9282853Free PMC Article

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