Chronic sequelae of herpes simplex encephalitis demonstrated on interictal F-18 FDG PET/CT

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 443-444

  Wong, Ka Kit ^a   Tolia, Bharat ^b,c,d   Bohnen, Nicolaas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Comprehensive Neurology Headache and Pain Center ^*  (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ST JOSEPH MERCY OAKLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex partial seizures; Herpes simplex encephalitis; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GABAPENTIN; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PHENYTOIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEIZURE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 46349095600     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318170d4e0     Document Type: Article

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