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Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration with increased lentiform nuclei cerebral blood flow.
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology - 1 Jan 2006
Koyama M, Yagishita A
Abstract excerpt
We report a case of pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration with increased regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in bilateral lentiform nuclei on technetium Tc-99m ethyl cysteinate dimer single-photon emission CT (ECD-SPECT). A 6-year-old boy presented with opisthotonus. T2*-weighted MR images revealed areas of marked hypointensity with a hyperintense focus in bilateral globus pallidus, creating the...
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