Neurológia pre prax 5/2021
How can MRI help in diagnostics of movement disorders
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a standard part of the differential diagnostic process in movement disorders and is typically performed as the first diagnostic step after excluding drug-induced, toxic or functional origin of the disorder. This review discusses MRI findings which are rather typical for different movement disorders in combination with a specific clinical phenomenology divided into three subcategories: atypical parkinsonism, disorders associated with brain metal accumulation (iron, manganese and copper) and other movement disorders.
Keywords: MRI, parkinsonism, brain metal accumulation, Huntington’s disease
