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[Reye syndrome evaluated by 99mTc-ECD SPECT: a case report]
K Uchino1, S Nagamachi, S Jinnouchi
1Department of Radiology, Miyazaki Medical College.
Kaku Igaku. the Japanese Journal of Nuclear Medicine
|September 1, 1996
Abstract:
We report a three-year-old boy with Reye syndrome evaluated by 99mTc-ECD SPECT. On acute stage, 99mTc-ECD brain SPECT disclosed diffuse high uptake in the cerebral cortex in spite of normal findings on brain X-ray CT. These lesions changed to general low uptake on the chronic state and multiple high intensity areas were shown on T2 weighted MRI image. Such a change of cerebral tracer uptake was considered to reflect the neuropathological change of Reye syndrome. 99mTc-ECD SPECT was a useful modality to diagnose Reye syndrome complementary.