Fatal familial insomnia with abnormal signals on routine MRI: a case report and literature review

Fatal familial insomnia with abnormal signals on routine MRI: a case report and literature review

Abstract Background Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) is a rare autosomal dominant disease caused by the PRNP D178N/129 M mutation. Routine brain CT and MRI usually reveal non-specific features. We report a patient with FFI presenting with diffuse abnormal signals on MRI, later confirmed as combined wit...

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Main Authors: Tingting Lu, Yuhang Pan, Lisheng Peng, Feng Qin, Xiaobo Sun, Zhengqi Lu, Wei Qiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Neurology
Subjects:
Fatal familial insomnia
Cadasil
Prion
Dementia
Magnetic resonance imaging
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12883-017-0886-2

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