(1) Department of Radiology, Krankenhaus Am Urban, Dieffenbachstrasse 1, 10967 Berlin, Germany, DE;(2) Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Charité, Schumannstrasse 20–21, 10098 Berlin, Germany, DE
Abstract:
We report a 38-year-old woman with extreme hypophosphataemia in whom CT and MRI disclosed bilateral lesions within the basal
ganglia, thalamus and occipital lobes. After adequate substitution of phosphate the lesions grossly resolved and the patient
recovered. This case is the first to demonstrate that profound changes of serum phosphate may be associated with reversible
brain lesions.
Received: 27 March 1999/Accepted: 16 June 1999