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Departments of Neurology (Drs. O'Brien and Lee), Neuropathology (Dr. Sung), and Radiology (Dr. Mc Geachie), University of Minnesota Health Sciences Center, Minneapolis, MN.
We report a patient with striatonigral degeneration in whom T2-weighted MRI imaging revealed low signal and atrophy in the putamen. Neuropathologic studies confirmed putaminal atrophy and iron deposition in the MRI low signal regions.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Myoung Lee, Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota Health Sciences Center, 420 S.E. Delaware Street, Minneapolis, MN 55455.
Received June 2, 1989. Accepted for publication in final form September 15, 1989.
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