Abstract
We report the case of a 69 year old man who presented hemiplegia with an ascending spread suspected to be a primary form of Mills syndrome. The patient underwent MRI, which showed multiple lacunar infarcts of the periventricular and subcortical white matter. We recommend that patients with a suspected primary form of Mills syndrome should be studied with MRI.
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Abbiamo descritto il caso di un uomo dell'età di 69 anni che presentava una forma di emiplegia ascendente, diagnosticata come una forma primitiva di sindrome di Mills. Il paziente è stato sottoposto all'esame di Risonanza Magnetica Nucleare che ha dimostrato la presenza di infarti multipli lacunari della sostanza bianca periventricolare e sottocorticale. Si consiglia pertanto di sottoporre ogni paziente con sospetta forma primitiva di sindrome di Mills all'esame di Risonanza Magnetica Nucleare
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Dalla, V.G., Magoni, M., Vangi, D. et al. Role of MRI in the diagnosis of Mills syndrome. Ital J Neuro Sci 10, 519–521 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02333948
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