Sign Up for a Free Account

This is an image preview.
Start a Free Account
to view the full image.

  • Nearly 3,000 illustrations, including video clips of neurologic disorders.

  • Every article is reviewed by our esteemed Editorial Board for accuracy and currency.

  • Full spectrum of neurology in 1,200 comprehensive articles.

  • Listen to MedLink on the go with Audio versions of each article.

Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis in a 44-year-old Indian man (MRI)

FLAIR axials (A, C), coronal (B), and T2 axial (D) show symmetric hyperintensities in periventricular white matter, corticospinal tracts, middle cerebellar peduncle, dentate and peri-dentate white matter, and inferior olives. “Hot cross bun” sign can be seen within pons (C). Susceptibility-weighted imaging (E) shows blooming in dentate nuclei. Long-segment hyperintensity of dorsal and lateral columns is seen in the axial (F, G) and sagittal (H) T2 sequences of the spine MRI. (Source: Katragadda P, Holla VV, Kamble N, Saini J, Yadav R, Pal PK. Clinical and imaging profile of patients with cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis: a video case series from India. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov [N Y] 2024;14:10. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International [CC BY 4.0] license, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.)

Associated Disorders

  • Ataxia
  • Behavioral problems
  • Bone fractures
  • Bulbar palsy
  • Cerebellar syndrome
  • Chronic diarrhea in children
  • Degenerative CNS disease
  • Dementia
  • Epileptic seizures
  • Gallstones
  • Ischemic heart disease
  • Juvenile cataracts
  • Kidney stones
  • Leukoencephalopathy
  • Marinesco-Sjogren syndrome
  • Mental retardation
  • Mitochondrial myopathy
  • Myelopathy
  • Myopathic-like faces
  • Nephrocalcinosis
  • Nephrolithiasis
  • Neurometabolic disease
  • Osteoporosis
  • Paraparesis
  • Paraplegia
  • Parkinsonism
  • Peripheral polyneuropathy
  • Pes cavus
  • Pontocerebellar degeneration
  • Psychiatric disorders
  • Xanthomata