Autoimmune focal encephalitis shows marked hypermetabolism on positron emission tomography.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 22-month-old toddler presented with involuntary movements, hemiparesis, and behavioral changes. Magnetic resonance imaging showed no abnormality, but positron emission tomography (PET) showed focal hypermetabolism. By immunohistochemical technique with the patient's sera in control brain sections, autoantibodies recognizing the same areas as found by PET scanning were identified and disappeared after intravenous immunoglobulin therapy. PET scanning may be useful in the diagnosis of autoimmune encephalitis.
Medical subject headings
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Brain
- Encephalitis
- Positron-Emission Tomography