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AJNR - American Journal of Neuroradiology

Published ahead of print on May 1, 2008
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A1065

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American Journal of Neuroradiology 29:1276-1278, August 2008
© 2008 American Society of Neuroradiology

Case Report
PEDIATRICS

Poststreptococcal Dystonia with Bilateral Striatal Enlargement: MR Imaging and Spectroscopic Findings

A.T. Karagulle Kendi^a, C. Krenzel^a, F.W. Ott^a, J.R. Brace^a, S.K. Norberg^b and S.A. Kieffer^a

^a Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minn
^b Division of Pediatric Neurology, Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, St. Paul, Minn

Please address correspondence to A. Tuba Karagulle Kendi, MD, University of Minnesota, Department of Radiology, MMC 292 Mayo, 8292, 420 Delaware, Minneapolis, MN 55455; e-mail: drtubakendi{at}yahoo.com

SUMMARY: Isolated bilateral striatal necrosis is an abnormality of the basal ganglia associated with acute dystonia in children. This report describes the development of dystonic movements in a 7-year-old male patient 2 weeks after streptococcal pharyngitis.