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Research conducted at University Medical Center has provided new information about nuclear medicine

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, September 7th, 2010

According to recent research from the United States, "In an 11-year-old girl F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET) was requested to evaluate mental status changes and choreiform movements. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was unremarkable."

"PET showed increased FDG uptake in the right frontoparietal area and the basal ganglia. Biopsy of the right frontoparietal cortex showed lymphohistiocytic meningitis. The patient had expressive aphasia and motor apraxia 9 months later. Follow-up PET showed diffusely decreased FDG uptake in the right cerebral cortex and crossed cerebellar diaschisis. The increased FDG uptake in the right frontoparietal...

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