Sequential Positron Emission Tomographic Evaluations of Brain Metabolism in Acute Herpes Encephalitis
- 1 April 1994
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Neuroimaging
- Vol. 4 (2), 104-105
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jon199442104
Abstract
This first known positron emission tomography report on metabolic changes in acute herpes simplex virus (HSV-1) encephalitis demonstrates focal hypermetabolism in areas of cerebral cortex adjacent to actively inflamed hippocampus acutely infected with HSV-1. When neuropsychiatric symptoms recurred in a previously healthy 61-year-old patient 1 month after recovering from acute HSV-1 encephalitis, repeat positron emission tomography with fluorodeoxyglucose was helpful in ruling out recurrent active infection by showing marked hypometabolism throughout the previously infected temporal lobe.Keywords
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