TL-201 UPTAKE IN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ENCEPHALITIS

Authors
GORNIAK RJT KRAMER EL MCMEEKING AA ZAGZAG D
Citation
Rjt. Gorniak et al., TL-201 UPTAKE IN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ENCEPHALITIS, The Journal of nuclear medicine, 38(9), 1997, pp. 1386-1388
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
The Journal of nuclear medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
01615505
Volume
38
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1386 - 1388
Database
ISI
SICI code
0161-5505(1997)38:9<1386:TUICE>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A 36-yr-old man with AIDS exhibited intense Tl-201 uptake (lesion-to-b rain uptake ratio 5.38) in a brain lesion previously detected by MRI a nd CT. The lesion was biopsied and found to contain cells with viral i nclusions diagnostic of cytomegalovirus infection, not tumor as the th allium SPECT results suggested, Thallium-201 SPECT may be less specifi c than previously reported for differentiating neoplastic disease from opportunistic infections in AIDS patients.