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Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis:Clinical and MRI Study (A Case Report) JNNP 53:76-78, Fiorelli,M.,et al, 1990 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract We report a patient with cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis(CTX)presenting with dementia,spastic tetraparesis and an unreported akinetic-rigid syndrome.Computed tomography(CT)showed only cerebellar abnormalities while magnetic resonance imaging(MRI)detected additional pallidal and mesencephalic focal alterations.MRI findings,but not CT,correlated with the clinical picture.

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