Brain SPECT and MRI Findings in a Uremic Patient With Parkinsonism. (September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Choi, Eun Kyoung; Oh, Jin Kyoung; Chung, Yong-An; Song, In-Uk
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 40:Number 9(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-09
• Subjects: uremia -- brain SPECT -- brain MRI -- parkinsonism; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000869
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: Parkinsonism associated with basal ganglia pathology represents a rare complication in uremia patients, characterized by acute hyperkinetic or hypokinetic extrapyramidal movement disorders. We herein present brain SPECT and MR findings of uremic patients with end-stage renal failure exhibiting parkinsonian symptoms. The bilateral basal ganglia exhibited decreased uptake on SPECT, and abnormal signals on MR, suggesting pathology.