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Paraneoplastic Chorea Managed with Intravenous Amantadine.

Nicholas Doher1, Harsh V Gupta1.   

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Year:  2019        PMID: 31867134      PMCID: PMC6898895          DOI: 10.7916/tohm.v0.743

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y)        ISSN: 2160-8288


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To the Editor, We have read the article entitled ‘Anti-CV2/CRMP5 paraneoplastic chorea effectively managed with intravenous amantadine’ with great interest.[1] We would like to congratulate the authors for this unique case report and make some suggestions. In the case report, there was decreased radionucleotide uptake on an fluoropropyl-2β-carbomethoxy-3β-(4-iodophenyl)nortropane (FP-CIT PET) scan of the bilateral striatum that corresponded to severe atrophy and increased T2 signal on the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain. This finding on FP-CIT PET imaging is expected given the structural abnormalities observed while conducting the MRI of the brain and therefore adds little diagnostic value. FP-CIT PET and other dopamine transporter (DaT) scan techniques are approved to only differentiate essential tremor from neurodegenerative disorders.[2] An abnormality on structural imaging will always give false-positive results on positron emission tomography (PET) or single-photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) and can lead to diagnostic confusion.[3] There are many examples in literature of structural imaging abnormalities in the striatum with corresponding decreased uptake while using DaT scan techniques.[4-8] It is important to stress that obtaining DaT scan imaging on a routine basis in patients diagnosed with structural abnormalities in the striatum upon conducting MRI is generally not indicated and can expose patients to unnecessary risk. It should also be noted that there is some radiation exposure when a patient undergoes a DaT SPECT scan or PET scan. This can potentially increase the risk of cancer, especially in the elderly population.[9]
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2.  'Abnormal' DaTSCAN in a case of unilateral hand tremor associated with caudate infarct.

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Journal:  Neurol Sci       Date:  2014-05-23       Impact factor: 3.307

5.  Role of DaTSCAN and clinical diagnosis in Parkinson disease.

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Journal:  Neurology       Date:  2012-02-08       Impact factor: 9.910

6.  Spectrum of brain abnormalities detected on whole body F-18 FDG PET/CT in patients undergoing evaluation for non-CNS malignancies.

Authors:  Madhavi Tripathi; Abhinav Jaimini; Maria M D'Souza; Rajnish Sharma; Jyotika Jain; Gunjan Garg; Dinesh Singh; Nitin Kumar; Anil K Mishra; Rajesh K Grover; Anupam Mondal
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7.  Parkinsonism Associated with Pathological 123I-FP-CIT SPECT (DaTSCAN) Results as the Initial Manifestation of Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.

Authors:  Sira Carrasco García de León; Juan Pablo Cabello; Ramón Ortiz; Julia Vaamonde
Journal:  Case Rep Neurol Med       Date:  2018-05-31

8.  Anti-CV2/CRMP5 Paraneoplastic Chorea Effectively Managed with Intravenous Amantadine.

Authors:  Jongmok Ha; Boo Suk Na; Jong Hyeon Ahn; Minkyeong Kim; Jae Woo Kim; Jae Hyeok Lee; Jin Whan Cho; Ji Sun Kim; Jinyoung Youn
Journal:  Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y)       Date:  2019-10-10
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