HM-PAO SPECT Brain Scintigraphy in a Patient with the Syndrome of Chronic Encephalitis and Epilepsy

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 6(2); 1988 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 1988;6(2): 254-260.

만성뇌염과 간질 증후군 환자에 있어서의 HM-PAO SPECT 뇌주사소견

이성수, 이명식,김원천,최일생,정태섭,지제근

연세대학교 신경과, 방사선과. 서울대학교 병리학.

HM-PAO SPECT Brain Scintigraphy in a Patient with the Syndrome of Chronic Encephalitis and Epilepsy

Sung-Soo Lee,M.D., Myung-Sik Lee,M.D., Won-Tsen Kim,M.D., Il-Saing Choi,M.D., Tae-Sub Chung,M.D., Je-Geun Chi,M.D.

Department of neurology, Yong Dong Severance Hospital, College of Medicine, Yonsei University Department of Radiology, Yong Dong Severance Hospital, College of Medicine, Yonsei University Department of Pathology, Seoul national University

Abstract

Both interictal Tc-99m hexamethyl-propyleneamine oxime single photon emission computed tomography (HM-PAO SPECT) brain ?scintigraphy was done in a patient with the syndrome of chronic ?encephalitis and epilepsy. The low density area in the ?temporo-occipital lobe on brain CT scan revealed decreased ?radioactivity during interictal state and it was reversed to ?increased radioactivity during ictal state on HM-PAO SPECT brain ?imaging. In authors' opinion, ictal and interictal Tc-99m HM-PAO ?SPECT brain scintigraphy could be a safe and convincing study for? Searching epileptogenic foci.