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American Journal of Neuroradiology
DOI 10.3174/ajnr.A1065

PEDIATRICS

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

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

From the Division of Neuroradiology (A.T.K.K., C.K., F.W.O., J.R.B., S.A.K.), Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minn; and Division of Pediatric Neurology (S.K.N.), 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.






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