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Fazekas, F; Roob, G; Payer, F; Kapeller, P; Strasser-Fuchs, S; Aigner, RM.
Technetium-99m-ECD SPECT fails to show focal hyperemia of acute herpes encephalitis.
J Nucl Med. 1998; 39(5):790-792
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- Fazekas Franz
- Co-authors Med Uni Graz
- Aigner Reingard
- Fuchs Siegrid
- Kapeller Peter
- Payer Franz
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- Abstract:
- This is a case of herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) examined with 99mTc-ethyl cysteinate dimer (ECD) and 99mTc-hexamethyl propyleneamine oxime (HMPAO) SPECT. Static images obtained with 99mTc-ECD showed a reduced tracer uptake of the temporal lobe but focal hyperactivity using 99mTc-HMPAO. Dynamic images indicated regional increase of cerebral blood perfusion with both tracers. Technetium-99m-ECD had rapid washout from the inflamed tissue, while 99mTc-HMPAO had avid uptake. Hypofixation of 99mTc-ECD leads to failure to detect the characteristic finding of temporal lobe hyperemia in acute HSE.
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- Acute Disease -
- Aged -
- Brain - blood supply Brain - radionuclide imaging
- Cysteine - analogs and derivatives Cysteine - diagnostic use
- Encephalitis, Viral - radionuclide imaging Encephalitis, Viral - virology
- Female -
- Herpes Simplex - radionuclide imaging
- Humans -
- Hyperemia - radionuclide imaging
- Organotechnetium Compounds - diagnostic use
- Radiopharmaceuticals - diagnostic use
- Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime - diagnostic use
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- Herpes Simplex Encephalitis
- Tc-99m Ethyl Cysteinate Dimer
- Tc-99m Hexamethyl Propyleneamine Oxime
- Tracer Uptake
- SPECT