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High-signal basal ganglia on T1-weighted images in a patient with Sydenham's chorea

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We report a 16-year-old girl with Sydenham's chorea. Choreiform movements involved both sides of her body. MRI 2 months after the onset revealed abnormal increased signal on T2-weighted images and enlargement of the caudate and putamen bilaterally. MRI 5 months later showed resolution of the swelling, but with increased signal on T1-weighted images in the putamen, globus pallidus and the head of the caudate nucleus bilaterally, with slightly increased signal intensity on T2-weighted images.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, 1144 Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755, Japan Fax: 81-8 36-22-27 14, , , , , , JP

    N. Ikuta, M. Hirata, F. Sasabe, K. Negoro & M. Morimatsu

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Received: 19 January 1998 Accepted: 19 January 1998

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Ikuta, N., Hirata, M., Sasabe, F. et al. High-signal basal ganglia on T1-weighted images in a patient with Sydenham's chorea. Neuroradiology 40, 659–661 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050659

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