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"HUNTINGTON DISEASE"

“ Autosomal dominant inherited neurodegenerative disease associated with choreoathetosis and dementia. The average age of onset is 40 years...

Autosomal dominant inherited neurodegenerative disease associated with choreoathetosis and dementia.
The average age of onset is 40 years.

MRI

•  Heart or Box-shaped enlargement of the frontal horns (due to atrophy of the caudate resulting in ex vacuo dilatation of the frontal horns).
•  There may be iron deposition in the basal ganglia, which is low on T2.
•  A juvenile form is associated with high T2 signal in the caudate and the putamen.