Pulvinar sign (CNS)
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The pulvinar sign refers to bilateral FLAIR hyperintensities involving the pulvinar thalamic nuclei. It is classically described in variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. It is also described in other neurological conditions:
- Fabry disease: the hyperintense signal is seen on T1 rather than T2
- bilateral thalamic infarcts
- acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
- Status epilepticus
See also
-<li><a title="Status epilepticus" href="/articles/status-epilepticus">Status epilepticus</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/status-epilepticus">Status epilepticus</a></li>
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- 1. Molloy S, O'Laoide R, Brett F, Farrell M. The “Pulvinar” Sign in Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2000;175(2):555-6. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.175.2.1750555">doi:10.2214/ajr.175.2.1750555</a>
- 1. Molloy S, O'Laoide R, Brett F, Farrell M. The “Pulvinar” Sign in Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2000;175(2):555-6. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.175.2.1750555">doi:10.2214/ajr.175.2.1750555</a>
- 1. Molloy S, O'laoide R, Brett F et-al. The "Pulvinar" sign in variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2000;175 (2): 555-6. <a href="http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/citation/175/2/555">AJR Am J Roentgenol (citation)</a> - <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10915718">Pubmed citation</a><div class="ref_v2"></div>
- 1. Molloy S, O'Laoide R, Brett F, Farrell M. The "Pulvinar" Sign in Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2000;175(2):555-6. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.175.2.1750555">doi:10.2214/ajr.175.2.1750555</a>
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