Hyperintense subcortical brain alterations in anorexia nervosa

✍ Scribed by Sieg, Karl G. ;Hidler, Michelle S. ;Graham, M. Anthony ;Steele, Richard L. ;Kugler, Lois R.

• Book ID: 101261665
• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 348 KB
• Volume: 21
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0276-3478
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-108x(1997)21:4<391::aid-eat13>3.0.co;2-1

✦ Synopsis

Objective:

The results of past research have identified changes in brain structure in anorexia nervosa. we observed previously unreported mri alterations in two cases of anorexia nervosa.

Method:

For both cases, we reviewed the clinical history, mri scans and conducted a pertinent literature review.

Results:

The mri brain scans of two patients with the diagnosis of anorexia nervosa revealed evidence of subcortical hyperintense changes on t2-weighted images.

Discussion:

No previous reports of these findings have been described in the literature on anorexia nervosa to date. clinical and pathologic correlates associated with these brain observations in anorexia nervosa are discussed.