Author's reply: Comparison of magnetic resonance imaging-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography fusion with pathological staging in rectal cancer (Br J Surg 2010; 97: 266-268)

2010 ◽  
Vol 97 (7) ◽  
pp. 1151-1151
Author(s):  
D. Wong
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Positron Emission Tomography ◽  
Rectal Cancer ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Emission Tomography ◽  
Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Pathological Staging ◽  
Positron Emission ◽  
Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission

scholarly journals 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of chorea

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobuyuki Ishii ◽  
Hitoshi Mochizuki ◽  
Miyuki Miyamoto ◽  
Yuka Ebihara ◽  
Kazutaka Shiomi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Positron Emission Tomography ◽  
Basal Ganglia ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Emission Tomography ◽  
Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Indirect Pathway ◽  
Positron Emission ◽  
Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission

Chorea is thought to be caused by deactivation of the indirect pathway in the basal ganglia circuit. However, few imaging studies have evaluated the basal ganglia circuit in actual patients with chorea. We investigated the lesions and mechanisms underlying chorea using brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET). This retrospective case series included three patients with chorea caused by different diseases: hyperglycemic chorea, Huntington’s disease, and subarachnoid hemorrhage. All the patients showed dysfunction in the striatum detected by both MRI and FDG-PET. These neuroimaging findings confirm the theory that chorea is related to an impairment of the indirect pathway of basal ganglia circuit.

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