Striatal dopaminergic denervation in pallidopyramidal disease demonstrated by positron emission tomography.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Pallidopyramidal disease is a rare disease of young patients in which they manifest a parkinsonian syndrome and pyramidal signs. Pallidopyramidal disease has been attributed to a degeneration of the pallidum and the pyramidal tract, although only 1 patient has been studied postmortem. In the present report, [18F]fluorodopa positron emission tomography in 2 patients showed a marked dopaminergic denervation of the striatum, suggesting that this disease corresponds more to a nigropallidopyramidal dysfunction.
Medical subject headings
- Denervation
- Dopamine
- Neostriatum