Ann Clin Neurophysiol.  2021 Apr;23(1):65-67. 10.14253/acn.2021.23.1.65.

Diffuse cerebral microbleeds in a young adult with Down syndrome

• Sohn EH
• Lee AY

• KMID: 2515611
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.14253/acn.2021.23.1.65

Keyword

Down syndrome; Cerebral amyloid angiopathy; Cerebral microbleed; Magnetic resonance imaging

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  Fig. 1. Brain magnetic resonance imaging showed diffuse multiple microbleeds. There was no cortical or hippocampal atrophy on T1-weighted imaging (A) and no parenchymal lesion on T2-weighted imaging (B). Susceptibility-weighted imaging revealed multiple microbleeds in the cortical and cortical-subcortical areas (C). Diffusion restriction was not observed in these lesions (D).

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