Probable brain abscess presenting as a high uptake lesion on thallium- 201 single photon emission computed tomography

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 775-778

  Sato, Shinya ^b,c   Ogasawara, Kuniaki ^a   Kinouchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Kohsyu, Keiji ^a   Yoshimoto, Takashi ^b  

^a KOHNAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c AOMORI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Magnetic resonance imaging; Single photon emission computed tomography; Thallium 201 uptake index; Washout ratio

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG UPTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

BRAIN ABSCESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL LOBE; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0030716827     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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