Sydenham chorea: clinical, EEG, MRI and SPECT findings in the early stage of the disease.
An 18-year-old man suffered from acute Sydenham chorea appearing coincidently with beta-haemolytic streptococcal throat infection. Imaging techniques documented lesions of basal ganglia and substantia nigra. In the early course of the disease vascular lesions may be important pathogenetic mechanisms of this acquired movement disorder.
Heye
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Neurologische Klinik, St. Josef-Hospital, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Federal Republic of Germany.
Jergas
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Hötzinger
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Farahati
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Pöhlau
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Przuntek
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D000293:Adolescent; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002819:Chorea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000150:complications*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed