Inferior Olivary Nucleus Involvement in Pediatric Neurodegenerative Disorders: Does It Play a Role in Neuroimaging Pattern-Recognition Approach?

Marisol Mirabelli-Badenier; Giovanni Morana; Claudio Bruno; Maja Di Rocco; Pasaquale Striano; Eusa De Grandis; Edvige Veneselli; Andrea Rossi; Roberta Biancheri

doi:10.1055/s-0035-1544185

Neuropediatrics, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Neuropediatrics 2015; 46(02): 104-109
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1544185

Original Article

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Inferior Olivary Nucleus Involvement in Pediatric Neurodegenerative Disorders: Does It Play a Role in Neuroimaging Pattern-Recognition Approach?

Marisol Mirabelli-Badenier

¹Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Neurosciences and Rehabilitation, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy

^* Marisol Mirabelli-Badenier and Giovanni Morana share first authorship.

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Giovanni Morana

²Pediatric Neuroradiology Unit, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy

^* Marisol Mirabelli-Badenier and Giovanni Morana share first authorship.

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Claudio Bruno

³Center of Myology and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Neurosciences and Rehabilitation, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy

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Maja Di Rocco

⁴Unit for Rare Disorders, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy

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Pasaquale Striano

⁵Pediatric Neurology and Muscular Diseases Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genoa, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy

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Eusa De Grandis

⁶Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genoa, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy

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Edvige Veneselli

⁶Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genoa, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy

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Andrea Rossi

²Pediatric Neuroradiology Unit, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy

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Roberta Biancheri

¹Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Neurosciences and Rehabilitation, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy

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Abstract

The diagnostic work up of neurometabolic/degenerative disorders is complex. In such context, identification of neuroradiological features suggestive of specific diagnoses is useful to prompt further diagnostic tests. Involvement of the inferior olivary nucleus (ION) has been reported in several pathologic conditions, either as a primary manifestation of disease or secondary to hypertrophic olivary degeneration (HOD). In this study, we analyzed a cohort of 95 children with different neurometabolic/degenerative diseases involving the brainstem and cerebellum, with the aim to evaluate whether ION involvement plays a role in a neuroimaging-based pattern-recognition approach. A total of 13 patients (13.7%) showed bilateral high-signal intensity and enlargement of the ION on T2-weighted images, while 16 (16.8%) had ION T2-hyperintensity without olivary nucleus enlargement. Our study demonstrates that ION involvement is not rare in children with neurometabolic/degenerative disorders. Two main neuroradiological patterns, that is, “T2-hyperintense signal” and “T2-hyperintense signal with enlargement” are found. These patterns can be related to different etiologies, and do not suggest specific diagnoses. Primary ION lesion can be characterized by olivary swelling, and the differentiation from typical secondary HOD may be difficult.

Keywords

inferior olivary nucleus - neurodegenerative disorders - magnetic resonance imaging - hypertrophic olivary degeneration

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