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Title: | Reversible lesions in the brain parenchyma in Wilson’s disease confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging: Earlier administration of chelating therapy can reduce the damage to the brain | Authors: | Duško Kozić Igor Petrović Marina Svetel Tatjana Pekmezović Aleksandar Ragaji Vladimir Kostić |
Keywords: | Wilson's disease;magnetic resonance imaging;chelating therapy | Issue Date: | 1-Jan-2014 | Journal: | Neural Regeneration Research | Abstract: | © 2014, Editorial Board of Neural Regeneration Research. All rights reserved. The aim of this study was to evaluate the resolution of brain lesions in patients with Wilson’s disease during the long-term chelating therapy using magnetic resonance imaging and a possible significance of the time latency between the initial symptoms of the disease and the introduction of this therapy. Initial magnetic resonance examination was performed in 37 patients with proven neurological form of Wilson’s disease with cerebellar, parkinsonian and dystonic presentation. Magnetic resonance reexamination was done 5.7 ± 1.3 years later in 14 patients. Patients were divided into: group A, where chelating therapy was initiated < 24 months from the first symptoms and group B, where the therapy started ≥ 24 months after the initial symptoms. Symmetry of the lesions was seen in 100% of patients. There was a significant difference between groups A and B regarding complete resolution of brain stem and putaminal lesions (P = 0.005 and P =0.024, respectively). If the correct diagnosis and adequate treatment are not established less than 24 months after onset of the symptoms, irreversible lesions in the brain parenchyma could be expected. Signal abnormalities on magnetic resonance imaging might therefore, at least in the early stages, represent reversible myelinolisis or cytotoxic edema associated with copper toxicity. | URI: | https://open.uns.ac.rs/handle/123456789/7784 | ISSN: | 16735374 | DOI: | 10.4103/1673-5374.145360 |
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