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May 29, 2024 · The morning glory sign is a radiological finding of the midbrain on axial imaging, which resembles the shape of a flower. It is associated with progressive supranuclear palsy and multisystem atrophy, two conditions that affect vertical gaze and movement.
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May 30, 2024 · Clinical presentation. Progressive supranuclear palsy is characterized by decreased cognition, abnormal eye movements (supranuclear vertical gaze palsy), postural instability and falls, as well as Parkinsonian features and speech disturbances 1-3 .
Jun 5, 2023 · The “morning glory” sign refers to a specific pattern of midbrain atrophy, which leads to a concave aspect of the lateral margins of the midbrain tegmentum on axial images. This sign was found in four out of five patients diagnosed with PSP, but in only 1 out of 37 patients diagnosed with MSA or PD, and was shown to correlate with the ...
Sep 1, 2018 · The presence of the hummingbird sign had a specificity of 99.5% and a positive predictive value of 96.1% for a diagnosis of PSP while sensitivity was suboptimal with 51.6%. Similarly, the presence of the morning glory flower sign yielded a specificity of 97.7% for a diagnosis of PSP, but sensitivity was only 36.8%.
Jul 25, 2017 · Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), also known as the Steele–Richardson–Olszewski syndrome, is a form of Parkinson-plus syndrome. Patients with PSP show interesting radiological signs such as the...
Jan 4, 2024 · Morning glory anomaly is a rare congenital malformation of the optic nerve. [2] It is named for its resemblance to the morning glory flower. [3] When it is associated with systemic signs and symptoms, it is known as morning glory syndrome.
Progressive supranuclear palsy is a rare, degenerative central nervous system disorder that progressively impairs voluntary eye movements and causes bradykinesia, muscular rigidity with progressive axial dystonia, pseudobulbar palsy, and dementia. Diagnosis is clinical.