123I-FP-CIT-SPECT in Encephalitis Involving Substantia Nigra. (October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tissot, Hubert; Frismand, Solene; Marie, Pierre-Yves; Gospodaru, Nicolaie; Verger, Antoine
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 41:Number 10(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-10
• Subjects: FP-CIT-SPECT -- encephalitis -- parkinsonism; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001323
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: 123 I-FP-CIT-SPECT is currently used to detect functional impairment of striatal structures. We report herein a case where 123 I-FP-CIT abnormalities are seemingly related to an encephalitis involving substantia nigra. A few months after a documented encephalitis, a 19-year-old woman experienced a Parkinsonism with a right dominance. There was a reduction in the striatal binding of 123 I-FP-CIT, especially on the left side, in accordance with the right dominance of the Parkinsonism.