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PART 17: Neurologic Disorders
SECTION 2   Diseases of the Central Nervous System

373 Ataxic Disorders
Roger N. Rosenberg

Figure 373-1  Sagittal MRI of the brain of a 60-year-old man with gait ataxia and dysarthria due to SCA1, illustrating cerebellar atrophy (arrows).MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; SCA1, spinocerebellar ataxia type 1.
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Figure 373-2  Sagittal MRI of the brain and spinal cord of a patient with Friedreich's ataxia, demonstrating spinal cord atrophy.
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