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Abnormality of the internal capsule

MedGen UID:
868481
•Concept ID:
C4022875
•
Anatomical Abnormality
HPO: HP:0012502

Definition

An anomaly of the internal capsule, which is an area of white matter in the brain that separates the caudate nucleus and the thalamus from the putamen and the globus pallidus. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Role of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in the Management of Functional Disorders - A Literature Review.
Verma S, Agrawal D, Singh M
Neurol India 2023 Mar-Apr;71(Supplement):S49-S58. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.373644. PMID: 37026334
Operative considerations and surgical treatment of sylvian fissure arteriovenous malformations: a 20-year experience.
Nathal E, Serrano-Rubio A, Monroy-Sosa A, Gutiérrez-Ávila O, Vázquez-Gregorio R, Degollado-García J, Lee Á
Neurosurg Focus 2022 Jul;53(1):E10. doi: 10.3171/2022.4.FOCUS22109. PMID: 35901718
Gastric vascular abnormalities: diagnosis and management.
Awadalla M, Mahmoud M, McNamara P, Wassef W
Curr Opin Gastroenterol 2020 Nov;36(6):538-546. doi: 10.1097/MOG.0000000000000675. PMID: 32925176

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Role of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in the Management of Functional Disorders - A Literature Review.
Verma S, Agrawal D, Singh M
Neurol India 2023 Mar-Apr;71(Supplement):S49-S58. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.373644. PMID: 37026334
Infantile status epilepticus disrupts myelin development.
Bencurova P, Laakso H, Salo RA, Paasonen E, Manninen E, Paasonen J, Michaeli S, Mangia S, Bares M, Brazdil M, Kubova H, Gröhn O
Neurobiol Dis 2022 Jan;162:105566. Epub 2021 Nov 24 doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2021.105566. PMID: 34838665Free PMC Article
Gastroparesis: New insights into an old disease.
Usai-Satta P, Bellini M, Morelli O, Geri F, Lai M, Bassotti G
World J Gastroenterol 2020 May 21;26(19):2333-2348. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i19.2333. PMID: 32476797Free PMC Article
Methadone-induced encephalopathy: a case series and literature review.
Haghighi-Morad M, Naseri Z, Jamshidi N, Hassanian-Moghaddam H, Zamani N, Ahmad-Molaei L
BMC Med Imaging 2020 Jan 17;20(1):6. doi: 10.1186/s12880-020-0410-9. PMID: 31952488Free PMC Article
Caudate infarcts.
Caplan LR, Schmahmann JD, Kase CS, Feldmann E, Baquis G, Greenberg JP, Gorelick PB, Helgason C, Hier DB
Arch Neurol 1990 Feb;47(2):133-43. doi: 10.1001/archneur.1990.00530020029011. PMID: 2405818

Diagnosis

Case 331.
Umer M, Sagheer U, Furtado W, Shotwell M, Joshi J, Shetty M, Kalra DK
Radiology 2024 Jul;312(1):e232440. doi: 10.1148/radiol.232440. PMID: 39078295
Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder myeloradiculopathy.
Coradine TLC, Guida LOC, Fraiman P, Santos AJ, Pedroso JL, Barsottini OGP
Pract Neurol 2023 Oct;23(5):408-410. Epub 2023 May 5 doi: 10.1136/pn-2023-003696. PMID: 37147122
Next-generation ingestible devices: sensing, locomotion and navigation.
Alsunaydih FN, Yuce MR
Physiol Meas 2021 May 11;42(4) doi: 10.1088/1361-6579/abedc0. PMID: 33706294
Gastric vascular abnormalities: diagnosis and management.
Awadalla M, Mahmoud M, McNamara P, Wassef W
Curr Opin Gastroenterol 2020 Nov;36(6):538-546. doi: 10.1097/MOG.0000000000000675. PMID: 32925176
Giant axonal neuropathy.
Vijaykumar K, Bindu PS, Taly AB, Mahadevan A, Bharath RD, Gayathri N, Nagappa M, Sinha S
J Child Neurol 2015 Jun;30(7):912-5. Epub 2014 Sep 11 doi: 10.1177/0883073814547721. PMID: 25213662

Therapy

Neuronal Cell Mechanisms of Pain.
Nwonu CNS
West Afr J Med 2022 Oct 20;39(10):1075-1983. PMID: 36260866
An Iatrogenic Model of Brain Small-Vessel Disease: Post-Radiation Encephalopathy.
Moretti R, Caruso P
Int J Mol Sci 2020 Sep 5;21(18) doi: 10.3390/ijms21186506. PMID: 32899565Free PMC Article
Gastroparesis: New insights into an old disease.
Usai-Satta P, Bellini M, Morelli O, Geri F, Lai M, Bassotti G
World J Gastroenterol 2020 May 21;26(19):2333-2348. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i19.2333. PMID: 32476797Free PMC Article
Ablative stereotactic neurosurgery for irreducible neuroaggressive disorder in pediatric patients.
Hernández Salazar M, Zarate Méndez A, Meneses Luna O, Ledesma Torres L, Paniagua Sierra R, Sánchez Moreno MC, Serrato Avila JL
Neurocirugia (Astur : Engl Ed) 2018 Nov-Dec;29(6):296-303. Epub 2018 Jun 18 doi: 10.1016/j.neucir.2018.05.003. PMID: 29914842
Current Topics of Strategy of NSAID-Induced Small Intestinal Lesions.
Edogawa S, Takeuchi T, Kojima Y, Ota K, Harada S, Kuramoto T, Narabayashi K, Inoue T, Higuchi K
Digestion 2015;92(2):99-107. Epub 2015 Aug 8 doi: 10.1159/000437395. PMID: 26279152

Prognosis

Spontaneous regression in solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of pancreas.
Yasuda H, Kataoka K, Miyake H, Sogame Y, Sakagami J, Yasukawa S, Konishi E, Yanagisawa A, Itoh Y
Clin J Gastroenterol 2023 Feb;16(1):105-109. Epub 2022 Oct 10 doi: 10.1007/s12328-022-01715-4. PMID: 36214971
Neurodegeneration and Early Infantile Epilepsy Associated with ITPA Variants: A Case Series and Review of Literature.
Sharma Y, Saini AG, Kaur R, Bhatia V, Didwal G, Kumar P, Uppala R
Neuropediatrics 2022 Jun;53(3):167-175. Epub 2022 Jan 28 doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1742322. PMID: 35098521
CK19 Predicts Recurrence and Prognosis of HBV Positive HCC.
Shuyao W, Mingyang B, Feifei M, Xiaoqin H
J Gastrointest Surg 2022 Feb;26(2):341-351. Epub 2021 Sep 10 doi: 10.1007/s11605-021-05107-w. PMID: 34506016
The internal capsule in neonatal imaging.
Cowan FM, de Vries LS
Semin Fetal Neonatal Med 2005 Oct;10(5):461-74. doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2005.05.007. PMID: 16002354
Thalamic haemorrhage.
Chung CS, Caplan LR, Han W, Pessin MS, Lee KH, Kim JM
Brain 1996 Dec;119 ( Pt 6):1873-86. doi: 10.1093/brain/119.6.1873. PMID: 9009994

Clinical prediction guides

Infantile status epilepticus disrupts myelin development.
Bencurova P, Laakso H, Salo RA, Paasonen E, Manninen E, Paasonen J, Michaeli S, Mangia S, Bares M, Brazdil M, Kubova H, Gröhn O
Neurobiol Dis 2022 Jan;162:105566. Epub 2021 Nov 24 doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2021.105566. PMID: 34838665Free PMC Article
Next-generation ingestible devices: sensing, locomotion and navigation.
Alsunaydih FN, Yuce MR
Physiol Meas 2021 May 11;42(4) doi: 10.1088/1361-6579/abedc0. PMID: 33706294
Methadone-induced encephalopathy: a case series and literature review.
Haghighi-Morad M, Naseri Z, Jamshidi N, Hassanian-Moghaddam H, Zamani N, Ahmad-Molaei L
BMC Med Imaging 2020 Jan 17;20(1):6. doi: 10.1186/s12880-020-0410-9. PMID: 31952488Free PMC Article
Capsule endoscopy for small-intestinal disorders: Current status.
Hosoe N, Takabayashi K, Ogata H, Kanai T
Dig Endosc 2019 Sep;31(5):498-507. Epub 2019 Feb 10 doi: 10.1111/den.13346. PMID: 30656743
Tubulin genes and malformations of cortical development.
Romaniello R, Arrigoni F, Fry AE, Bassi MT, Rees MI, Borgatti R, Pilz DT, Cushion TD
Eur J Med Genet 2018 Dec;61(12):744-754. Epub 2018 Jul 17 doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2018.07.012. PMID: 30016746

Recent systematic reviews

The relation between neuroimaging and visual impairment in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy: A systematic review.
Crotti M, Genoe S, Ben Itzhak N, Mailleux L, Ortibus E
Brain Dev 2024 Feb;46(2):75-92. Epub 2023 Nov 27 doi: 10.1016/j.braindev.2023.11.002. PMID: 38016876
Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review of the Literature.
Lindsey HM, Hodges CB, Greer KM, Wilde EA, Merkley TL
Neuropsychol Rev 2023 Mar;33(1):42-121. Epub 2021 Mar 15 doi: 10.1007/s11065-021-09485-5. PMID: 33721207
Transdiagnostic role of glutamate and white matter damage in neuropsychiatric disorders: A Systematic Review.
Luttenbacher I, Phillips A, Kazemi R, Hadipour AL, Sanghvi I, Martinez J, Adamson MM
J Psychiatr Res 2022 Mar;147:324-348. Epub 2021 Dec 28 doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.12.042. PMID: 35151030
White matter microstructure in children and adolescents with ADHD.
Connaughton M, Whelan R, O'Hanlon E, McGrath J
Neuroimage Clin 2022;33:102957. Epub 2022 Feb 7 doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2022.102957. PMID: 35149304Free PMC Article
Widespread structural brain changes in OCD: a systematic review of voxel-based morphometry studies.
Piras F, Piras F, Chiapponi C, Girardi P, Caltagirone C, Spalletta G
Cortex 2015 Jan;62:89-108. Epub 2013 Feb 26 doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2013.01.016. PMID: 23582297

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