Abstract

VARGAS OSORIO, JULIANA  and  NIEBLES POLO, CARLOS. "BRIGHT TONGUE" SIGN IN AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS. rev.fac.med [online]. 2015, vol.23, n.1, pp.82-85. ISSN 0121-5256.  https://doi.org/10.18359/rmed.1333.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, but its diagnosis remains clinical, additional tests may be used to exclude other diseases and to confirm the diagnosis. One of them is the images studies, and the most commonly used is magnetic resonance imaging. In literature there are few signs specific finding as major sites of alteration: the corticospinal tract, precentral gyrus, corpus callosum.. A pathognomonic sign"bright tongue sign'', because alteration in the internal structure with areas of increased and decreased signal intensity in severe bulbar commitment phases with greater intensity in T1.

Keywords : sign; neurology; brilliant tongue; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; nuclear magnetic resonance; diagnosis.

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