Bilateral striatal necrosis associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in an adolescent: clinical and neuroradiologic follow up

Mov Disord. 2000 Sep;15(5):1023-6. doi: 10.1002/1531-8257(200009)15:5<1023::aid-mds1045>3.0.co;2-a.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adolescent
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / blood
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain / microbiology
  • Brain / pathology
  • Corpus Striatum / diagnostic imaging
  • Corpus Striatum / microbiology*
  • Corpus Striatum / pathology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Mycoplasma Infections / microbiology*
  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae / immunology
  • Mycoplasma pneumoniae / isolation & purification*
  • Necrosis
  • Parkinsonian Disorders / diagnosis
  • Parkinsonian Disorders / microbiology*
  • Parkinsonian Disorders / pathology
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial