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

M A Meyer; K A Frey; M Schwaiger

doi:10.1097/00003072-199308000-00013

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

Clin Nucl Med. 1993 Aug;18(8):682-4. doi: 10.1097/00003072-199308000-00013.

Authors

M A Meyer¹, K A Frey, M Schwaiger

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor.

PMID: 8403702
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199308000-00013

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.

Publication types

Case Reports
Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Brain Abscess / diagnostic imaging*
Brain Abscess / metabolism
Deoxyglucose / analogs & derivatives*
Deoxyglucose / metabolism
Female
Fluorine Radioisotopes
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Humans
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging*
Staphylococcal Infections / metabolism
Tomography, Emission-Computed
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Fluorine Radioisotopes
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Deoxyglucose