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Isolated Pontine Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy: Unusual Magnetic Resonance Imaging Features
Author(s) -
Rubin Devon I.,
Norris Steven,
Flint Robert
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of neuroimaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1552-6569
pISSN - 1051-2284
DOI - 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2002.tb00092.x
Subject(s) - medicine , progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy , pons , magnetic resonance imaging , leukoencephalopathy , white matter , pathology , radiology , anatomy , multiple sclerosis , psychiatry
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is an uncommon opportunistic infection that causes focal or multifocal demyelination predominantly in the subcortical white matter. The authors describe the clinical and radiographic features in 2 unusual cases of PML that were initially isolated to the pons. One patient presented clinically with only an isolated sixth cranial nerve palsy.