INCIDENTAL FINDING OF HERPES-ZOSTER INFECTION BY TC-99M HMPAO

Authors
HIRANO T OTAKE H KANUMA M MOGI Y TATEZAWA T ENDO K
Citation
T. Hirano et al., INCIDENTAL FINDING OF HERPES-ZOSTER INFECTION BY TC-99M HMPAO, Clinical nuclear medicine, 19(10), 1994, pp. 877-879
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Clinical nuclear medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
03639762
Volume
19
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
877 - 879
Database
ISI
SICI code
0363-9762(1994)19:10<877:IFOHIB>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Tc-99m HMPAO brain SPECT study incidentally demonstrated a large area of increased accumulation in the soft tissue of the face and fronto-pa rietal region of the head, corresponding to the distribution of the op hthalmic and maxillary branches of the trigeminal nerve, which had bee n infected by herpes zoster.