PMC4336732_01
Deoxyglucose positron emission tomography shows bilaterally increased metabolic activity (putamen and caudate), more prominent on the left side.
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A deoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET) scan showed markedly increased metabolic activity in the putamen and caudate nuclei bilaterally, more prominent on the left side, contralateral to the patient's chorea (Figure 1).