TY - JOUR
T1 - Viral Infections of the Brain
AU - Masdeu, Joseph C.
AU - Heertum, Ronald L.Van
AU - Dayem, Hussein Abdei
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© American Society of Neuroimaging.
PY - 1995/7/1
Y1 - 1995/7/1
N2 - Brain infections are generally well visualized by contrast-enhanced computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. However, these modalities are often unrevealing in the encephalopathy produced by the human immunodeficiency virus and in the early stages of herpes simplex encephalitis. Several studies have documented the greater sensitivity of perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in human immunodeficiency virus encephalopathy. In herpes simplex encephalitis, a few case reports have documented that SPECT may depict increased perfusion in the characteristically involved temporal and other limbic structures when computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are normal.
AB - Brain infections are generally well visualized by contrast-enhanced computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. However, these modalities are often unrevealing in the encephalopathy produced by the human immunodeficiency virus and in the early stages of herpes simplex encephalitis. Several studies have documented the greater sensitivity of perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in human immunodeficiency virus encephalopathy. In herpes simplex encephalitis, a few case reports have documented that SPECT may depict increased perfusion in the characteristically involved temporal and other limbic structures when computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are normal.
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U2 - 10.1111/jon19955s1s40
DO - 10.1111/jon19955s1s40
M3 - Article
C2 - 7626836
AN - SCOPUS:0029115141
SN - 1051-2284
VL - 5
SP - s40-s44
JO - Journal of Neuroimaging
JF - Journal of Neuroimaging
ER -