Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior (Jan 2022)

Perfusion abnormality in neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease with stroke-like episode: A case report

  • Fumiya Kutsuna,
  • Yohei Tateishi,
  • Kairi Yamashita,
  • Tadashi Kanamoto,
  • Takuro Hirayama,
  • Tomoaki Shima,
  • Atsushi Nagaoka,
  • Shunsuke Yoshimura,
  • Teiichiro Miyazaki,
  • Jun Sone,
  • Tsuyoshi Izumo,
  • Akira Tsujino

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3
p. 100127

Abstract

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Neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease (NIID) is a slowly progressive neurodegenerative disease. Some patients with NIID occasionally present with acute symptoms. However, its mechanism remains unclear. We report a patient with NIID who presented with a stroke-like episode. Arterial spin labeling magnetic resonance imaging revealed hypoperfusion in the focal cerebral region at the onset while no apparent arterial occlusion was observed. The abnormal perfusion area was normalized 6 days after admission. Therefore, the perfusion abnormality was likely the main cause of acute neurologic deficits in NIID. NIID should be considered in the differential diagnosis of stroke mimics.

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