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Transient globus pallidus T 1 shortening associated with polycythaemia and dystonia

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We report a child who concurrently developed polycythaemia, dystonia, and T 1 shortening in the globus pallidus, medial cerebral peduncle and superior cerebellar peduncles on MRI. With spontaneous resolution of the polycythaemia after about 21/2 years, the dystonia and MRI abnormalities also resolved. Although the physiological cause of the T 1 shortening is not known, this appears to be another cause of T 1 shortening in the basal ganglia.

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  1. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Bambina, 56 Gr 408, 410 – CEP.22251-050, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, E-mail: gikovate@cmb.com.br, , , , , , BR

    C. Gruber Gikovate, J. C. Zirretta, J. M. Ferreira Bezerra & G. Canedo de Magalhães

  2. Neuroradiology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA, , , , , , US

    A. J. Barkovich

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  1. C. Gruber Gikovate
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Received: 1 June 1998 Accepted: 11 August 1998

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Gruber Gikovate, C., Zirretta, J., Ferreira Bezerra, J. et al. Transient globus pallidus T 1 shortening associated with polycythaemia and dystonia. Neuroradiology 41, 288–291 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050750

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