abstract: Role of brain imaging for Parkinsonism T brain MRI is normal in Pakinson's disease. Brain MRI is useless when clinical presentation is typical of idiopathic Parkinson's disease. Brain MRI is the exam of choice for differentiating idiopathic Parkinson's disease and atypical parkinsonism. DATscan* confirms or rules out dopaminergic degeneration but does not separate idiopathic Parkinson's disease from Parkinson "plus" syndromes. FDG PET is helpful to separate idiopathic Parkinson's disease from Parkinson "plus" syndromes.
authors.affiliation: Hospices civils de Lyon, hôpital neurologique Pierre-Wertheimer, service de neurologie C, centre expert parkinson, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prange
authors.affiliation: Hospices civils de Lyon, hôpital neurologique Pierre-Wertheimer, service de neuroradiologie, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hermier
authors.affiliation: Hospices civils de Lyon, hôpital neurologique Pierre-Wertheimer, service de neurologie C, centre expert parkinson, Lyon, France; CNRS, centre de neurosciences cognitives, UMR 5229, Bron, France.
authors.forename: Teodor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Danaila
authors.affiliation: Université de Lyon, université Claude-Bernard Lyon I, faculté de médecine Lyon Sud Charles-Mérieux, Lyon, France; Hospices civils de Lyon, hôpital neurologique Pierre-Wertheimer, service de neurologie C, centre expert parkinson, Lyon, France; CNRS, centre de neurosciences cognitives, UMR 5229, Bron, France.
authors.forename: Chloé
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Laurencin
authors.affiliation: Université de Lyon, université Claude-Bernard Lyon I, faculté de médecine Lyon Sud Charles-Mérieux, Lyon, France; Hospices civils de Lyon, hôpital neurologique Pierre-Wertheimer, service de neurologie C, centre expert parkinson, Lyon, France; CNRS, centre de neurosciences cognitives, UMR 5229, Bron, France. Electronic address: stephane.thobois@chu-lyon.fr.
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thobois
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D059290:Dopaminergic Neurons; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D019636:Neurodegenerative Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D059906:Neuroimaging / Q000379:methods; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D020734:Parkinsonian Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals