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Face of the giant panda sign

MedGen UID:
1814396
Concept ID:
C5676832
Sign or Symptom
Synonym: Midbrain panda sign
 
HPO: HP:0034254

Definition

The face of the giant panda sign on T2-weighted MRI is characterized by preservation of normal signal intensity in the red nuclei and lateral portion of the pars reticulata of the substantia nigra, high signal in the tegmentum, and hypointensity of the superior colliculus. The findings are said to resemble the face of a giant panda. [from HPO]

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Wilson disease
MedGen UID:
42426
Concept ID:
C0019202
Disease or Syndrome
Wilson disease is a disorder of copper metabolism that can present with hepatic, neurologic, or psychiatric disturbances, or a combination of these, in individuals ranging from age three years to older than 50 years; symptoms vary among and within families. Liver disease includes recurrent jaundice, simple acute self-limited hepatitis-like illness, autoimmune-type hepatitis, fulminant hepatic failure, or chronic liver disease. Neurologic presentations include movement disorders (tremors, poor coordination, loss of fine-motor control, chorea, choreoathetosis) or rigid dystonia (mask-like facies, rigidity, gait disturbance, pseudobulbar involvement). Psychiatric disturbance includes depression, neurotic behaviors, disorganization of personality, and, occasionally, intellectual deterioration. Kayser-Fleischer rings, frequently present, result from copper deposition in Descemet's membrane of the cornea and reflect a high degree of copper storage in the body.

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Etiology

Prashanth LK, Sinha S, Taly AB, Vasudev MK
Mov Disord 2010 Apr 30;25(6):672-8. doi: 10.1002/mds.22689. PMID: 20437536
Thapa R, Ghosh A
Pediatr Radiol 2008 Dec;38(12):1355. Epub 2008 Oct 7 doi: 10.1007/s00247-008-1017-4. PMID: 18839167

Diagnosis

Sharawat IK, Kurup A, Sondhi V, Saini L
J Pediatr 2019 Dec;215:280-280.e1. Epub 2019 Jul 31 doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.06.068. PMID: 31377039
Sonam K, Bindu PS, Gayathri N, Khan NA, Govindaraju C, Arvinda HR, Nagappa M, Sinha S, Thangaraj K, Taly AB
J Child Neurol 2014 Jul;29(7):980-2. Epub 2013 Apr 18 doi: 10.1177/0883073813484968. PMID: 23599247
Prashanth LK, Sinha S, Taly AB, Vasudev MK
Mov Disord 2010 Apr 30;25(6):672-8. doi: 10.1002/mds.22689. PMID: 20437536
Thapa R, Ghosh A
Pediatr Radiol 2008 Dec;38(12):1355. Epub 2008 Oct 7 doi: 10.1007/s00247-008-1017-4. PMID: 18839167
Hitoshi S, Iwata M, Yoshikawa K
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1991 Jul;54(7):624-6. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.54.7.624. PMID: 1895127Free PMC Article

Therapy

Sharawat IK, Kurup A, Sondhi V, Saini L
J Pediatr 2019 Dec;215:280-280.e1. Epub 2019 Jul 31 doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.06.068. PMID: 31377039
Thapa R, Ghosh A
Pediatr Radiol 2008 Dec;38(12):1355. Epub 2008 Oct 7 doi: 10.1007/s00247-008-1017-4. PMID: 18839167

Prognosis

Thapa R, Ghosh A
Pediatr Radiol 2008 Dec;38(12):1355. Epub 2008 Oct 7 doi: 10.1007/s00247-008-1017-4. PMID: 18839167

Clinical prediction guides

Prashanth LK, Sinha S, Taly AB, Vasudev MK
Mov Disord 2010 Apr 30;25(6):672-8. doi: 10.1002/mds.22689. PMID: 20437536

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