HIGH-SIGNAL BASAL GANGLIA ON T1-WEIGHTED IMAGES IN A PATIENT WITH SYDENHAMS CHOREA

Authors
IKUTA N HIRATA M SASABE F NEGORO K MORIMATSU M
Citation
N. Ikuta et al., HIGH-SIGNAL BASAL GANGLIA ON T1-WEIGHTED IMAGES IN A PATIENT WITH SYDENHAMS CHOREA, Neuroradiology, 40(10), 1998, pp. 659-661
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging","Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neuroradiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283940
Volume
40
Issue
10
Year of publication
1998
Pages
659 - 661
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3940(1998)40:10<659:HBGOTI>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We report a 16-year-old girl with Sydenham's chorea. Choreiform moveme nts involved both sides of her body. MRI 2 months after the onset reve aled abnormal increased signal on T2-weighted images and enlargement o f the caudate and putamen bilaterally. MRI 5 months later showed resol ution of the swelling, but with increased signal on T1-weighted images in the putamen, globus pallidus and the head of the caudate nucleus b ilaterally, with slightly increased signal intensity on T2-weighted im ages.