Role of neuroimaging in the diagnosis of hereditary cerebellar ataxias in childhood

Giulia Perucca, Nicolas Leboucq, Agathe Roubertie, François Rivier, Nicolas Menjot, Consuelo Valentini, Alain Bonafe, Journal of Neuroradiology, Available online 25 April 2016, ISSN 0150-9861, doi:10.1016/j.neurad.2016.03.006.

Friedreich ataxia (FA) is characterized on MRI bynormal morphology of the cerebellum and brainstem, withatrophy of the spinal cord . A rare involvementof dentate nuclei has been described. Cerebellaratrophy occurs late in the course of the disease.