Author contributions
- AB contributed to the collection of the case information, reviewing
the literature, designing and writing the manuscript.
- CL contributed to the interpretation of brain MRI and was involved in
drafting the manuscript.
- TD contributed to the interpretation of brain MRI, revised the
manuscript critically for important intellectual content and reshaped
it.
- MCN contributed to the collection of the case information, reviewed
the literature, established the diagnosis, revised the manuscript
critically for important intellectual content and reshaped it.
All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
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