Reversible striatal hypermetabolism in a case of rare adult-onset Sydenham chorea on two sequential 18F-FDG PET studies

J Neuroradiol. 2011 Dec;38(5):325-6. doi: 10.1016/j.neurad.2010.10.002. Epub 2011 Jan 6.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Diseases, Metabolic / diagnostic imaging*
  • Brain Diseases, Metabolic / metabolism
  • Chorea / diagnostic imaging*
  • Chorea / metabolism
  • Corpus Striatum / diagnostic imaging*
  • Corpus Striatum / metabolism
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18* / pharmacokinetics
  • Humans
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals / pharmacokinetics

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18