title: Positron emission tomography in Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome.
abstract: Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome is clinically characterized by hemiparesis, hemiplegia, seizures, mental retardation, and facial asymmetry secondary to congenital or early childhood vascular insult. A 21-year-old man with Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome presented with uncontrolled seizures. The authors present the magnetic resonance (MR) and positron emission tomography (PET) findings of this syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Medicine Staff, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC 20010, USA. kanchan.kulkarni@medstar.net
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Sperling
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Intenzo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D012640:Seizures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013577:Syndrome