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Progressive ossification of the leptomeninges in atrophic encephalopathy

Ossification progressive des leptoméninges dans un cas d’encéphalopathie atrophiante

Progressive Verknöcherung der Leptomeninx bei einer atrophischen Encephalographie

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The morphological difference between cerebral calcification and ossification is discussed. A case of encephalopathy with leptomeningeal ossification, probably of infectious origin, is described.

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L’auteur discute la différenciation morphologique de l’image de calcification et d’ossification et décrit un cas d’ossification des leptoméninges par encéphalopathie d’origine probablement infectieuse.

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Fallbeschreibung einer Encephalographie mit leptomeningealer Verknöcherung möglicherweise infektiösen Ursprungs. Es wird der morphologische Unterschied zwischen einer cerebralen Verkalkung und einer Ossifikation diskutiert.

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Wackenheim, A. Progressive ossification of the leptomeninges in atrophic encephalopathy. Neuroradiology 4, 245–247 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02469138

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