Post-streptococcal chorea in an adult with bilateral striatal encephalitis
| Autor: | Norihiko Shida, Yoko Okada, Koichi Hagiwara, Kayo Tominaga, Yoriaki Yamashita, Miwako Kido, Ryo Yamasaki |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Adult
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Sydenham's chorea Striatum Chorea Physiology (medical) Streptococcal Infections Basal ganglia Medicine Humans medicine.diagnostic_test Adult female business.industry Magnetic resonance imaging General Medicine medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging Hyperintensity Corpus Striatum Neurology Anesthesia Encephalitis Surgery Female Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia. 18(5) |
| ISSN: | 1532-2653 |
| Popis: | We present distinctive MRI findings in an adult female patient with possible Sydenham's chorea. T2-weighted MRI showed bilaterally symmetric, diffusely homogenous, and clearly demarcated hyperintensities selectively involving the entire striatum with swelling of the bilateral caudate heads. The MRI features may reflect the pathogenetic mechanisms of Sydenham's chorea associated with a specific autoimmune response to the basal ganglia. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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