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CT findings of 6 patients with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) are described, with emphasis on their supratentorial changes in comparison with those of control subjects and patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). As estimated from CT films, the lateral ventricles, third ventricle and prepontine cistern were significantly enlarged in PSP patients compared with both controls and PD patients. It is suggested that the patients with PSP have not only infratentorial but also supratentorial lesions.
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Saitoh, H., Yoshii, F. & Shinohara, Y. Computed tomographic findings in progressive supranuclear palsy. Neuroradiology 29, 168–171 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00327543
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00327543