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Abstract
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 characteristic eye-of-the-tiger appearance. ECD-SPECT showed increased rCBF in bilateral lentiform nuclei.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16418386 PMCID: PMC7976064
Source DB: PubMed Journal: AJNR Am J Neuroradiol ISSN: 0195-6108 Impact factor: 3.825