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Nuklearmedizin 2022; 61(04): 347-348
DOI: 10.1055/a-1780-8463
Case Report

A Case of Chorea-Acanthocytosis with FDG PET/CT Imaging

Ein Fall von Chorea-Akanthozytose mit FDG-PET/CT-Bildgebung
Hatice Uslu
1   Deparment of Nuclear Medicine, Göztepe Prof Dr Süleyman Yalçın Şehir Hastanesi, Istanbul, Turkey (Ringgold ID: RIN64071)
,
Asuman Orhan Varoğlu
2   Department of Neurology, Göztepe Prof Dr Süleyman Yalçın Şehir Hastanesi, Istanbul, Turkey (Ringgold ID: RIN64071)
,
MEHMET TARIK TATOGLU
3   Department of Nuclear Medicine, ​​Goztepe Prof Dr Suleyman Yalcin City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey (Ringgold ID: RIN64071)
,
Emrah Kılıçaslan
4   Divisions of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Göztepe Prof Dr Süleyman Yalçın Şehir Hastanesi, Istanbul, Turkey (Ringgold ID: RIN64071)
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Keywords

Chorea-acanthocytosis - 18F-FDG PET/CT - Movement disorders


Publication History

Received: 12 October 2021

Accepted after revision: 21 February 2022

Article published online:
06 April 2022

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