Child's Nervous System 1997-06-01

Dissociation of 99mTc-ECD and 99mTc-HMPAO distributions in herpes simplex encephalitis.

Y Tohyama, K Sako, G Daita, Y Yonemasu, N Shuke, T Aburano

Index: Childs. Nerv. Syst. 13(6) , 352-5, (1997)

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Abstract

In herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE), the authors noted an evident dissociation between the 99mTc-ethyl cysteinate dimer (ECD) and 99mTc-d,l-hexamethyl-propylene-amine oxime (HMPAO) single photon emission computed tomographies (SPECTs). The patient was a 5-year-old boy with diffuse type of pontine glioma, which was treated with hyperfractionated radiotherapy. Two weeks after the completion of radiation therapy, a lesion suggesting that of HSE was noted in the right fronto-temporal region on magnetic resonance images. 99mTc-HMPAO SPECT showed an increased accumulation of the tracer in this lesion. On the 99mTc-ECD dynamic SPECT, an exaggerated accumulation of the tracer was noted within 80 s of administration, followed by a rapid drop in the accumulation, resulting in a low accumulation in 10 min. It was assumed that this dissociation was due to the different mechanisms to trap HMPAO and ECD in the brain tissue.

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