SYDENHAM CHOREA - MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING REVEALS PERMANENT BASAL GANGLIA INJURY

Authors
EMERY ES VIECO PT
Citation
Es. Emery et Pt. Vieco, SYDENHAM CHOREA - MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING REVEALS PERMANENT BASAL GANGLIA INJURY, Neurology, 48(2), 1997, pp. 531-533
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
48
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
531 - 533
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1997)48:2<531:SC-MRP>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
MRI of the brain of a S-year-old boy performed 3 days after the onset of hemichorea (Sydenham Chorea) revealed abnormal signal and enlargeme nt of the contralateral caudate and putamen. Follow-up imaging 40 mont hs later showed a persistent cystic appearance of the caudate and puta men. This case is the first report of permanent MRI abnormalities afte r Sydenham Chorea.