18Fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (18FDG) PET scan of the brain in glutaric aciduria type 1: clinical and MRI correlations
M Al-Essa, S Bakheet, Z Patay, J Al-Watban… - Brain and …, 1998 - Elsevier
The clinical, PET (positron emission tomography) and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
findings of brain studies in eight patients, previously diagnosed to have glutaric aciduria type
1, were retrospectively reviewed. The neurological findings typically consisted of variable
degrees of dementia and extrapyramidal symptoms (dystonia, choreoathetosis and rigidity).
Both MRI and PET showed involvement of the putamina in all the patients. The PET scan
demonstrated lesions in the head of the caudate nuclei in all of the patients. Brain atrophy …
findings of brain studies in eight patients, previously diagnosed to have glutaric aciduria type
1, were retrospectively reviewed. The neurological findings typically consisted of variable
degrees of dementia and extrapyramidal symptoms (dystonia, choreoathetosis and rigidity).
Both MRI and PET showed involvement of the putamina in all the patients. The PET scan
demonstrated lesions in the head of the caudate nuclei in all of the patients. Brain atrophy …