Marked widespread atrophy of the cerebral cortex and brainstem in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a totally locked-in state

BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Feb 14:2017:bcr2016218952. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2016-218952.

Authors

Yoko Warabi¹, Kentaro Hayashi¹, Masahiro Nagao¹, Toshio Shimizu¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / complications*
Atrophy / diagnostic imaging
Atrophy / etiology
Brain Stem / diagnostic imaging
Brain Stem / pathology*
Cerebral Cortex / diagnostic imaging
Cerebral Cortex / pathology*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Occipital Lobe / diagnostic imaging
Ophthalmoplegia / etiology*
Quadriplegia / etiology*