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[Lower motor neuron disease with MRI «snake eyes» pattern]
L V Brylev1, V V Bryukhov2, E S Druzhinina3
1Solovev Moscow Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry, Moscow, Russia.
Abstract:
Motor neuron disease with isolated or predominant lesion of the lower motor neuron at one level of the pyramidal tract is a rare diagnostic finding. In the article, we analyze the case of a patient with asymmetric lesion of the inferior motor neuron at the cervical level: clinical manifestations, results of additional studies and dynamic observation of the patient. Special attention is paid to the MRI picture of changes in the pyramidal tracts in the cervical region, which have been called the «snake eyes» in the literature, and the impact of this finding on the diagnosis and prognosis of the disease.

