Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content

Discordance between F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose uptake and contrast enhancement in a brain abscess

  • University of Tennessee Medical Center

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

34 Scopus citations

Abstract

A 29-year-old human immunodeficiency virus-negative intravenous drug abuser with a right hemispheric staphylococcal brain abscess underwent PET imaging of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) brain uptake. Diffuse right cortical hypometabolism was noted, as well as crossed cerebellar diaschisis. Unlike previous PET findings on FDG uptake in a brain abscess, however, the most intense uptake of FDG was found within the abscess and not in the contrast- enhancing walls.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)682-684
Number of pages3
JournalClinical nuclear medicine
Volume18
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1993
Externally publishedYes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Discordance between F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose uptake and contrast enhancement in a brain abscess'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this