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Positive Brain Scan

Edward Valenstein, MD; N. Paul Rosman, MD, CM, FRCP; Anthony P. Carter, MBBS, FRCS, DMRD

JAMA. 1971;217(12):1699-1700.

Abstract
A child with Schilder's disease subsequently verified by brain biopsy had a distinctively abnormal brain scan, showing large areas of increased uptake near the lateral ventricles in the posterior portions of both cerebral hemispheres.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Neurology (Dr. Valenstein), Harvard Medical School, Boston; and the departments of neurology and pediatrics (Dr. Rosman) and radiology (Dr. Carter), Boston University School of Medicine.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to 818 Harrison Ave, Boston 02118 (Dr. Rosman).

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