123I-FP-CIT-SPECT in Encephalitis Involving Substantia Nigra

Clin Nucl Med. 2016 Oct;41(10):e445-6. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001323.

Abstract

I-FP-CIT-SPECT is currently used to detect functional impairment of striatal structures. We report herein a case where I-FP-CIT abnormalities are seemingly related to an encephalitis involving substantia nigra. A few months after a documented encephalitis, a 19-year-old woman experienced a Parkinsonism with a right dominance. There was a reduction in the striatal binding of I-FP-CIT, especially on the left side, in accordance with the right dominance of the Parkinsonism.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Encephalitis / complications
  • Encephalitis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Encephalitis / metabolism
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Parkinsonian Disorders / complications
  • Substantia Nigra / diagnostic imaging*
  • Substantia Nigra / metabolism
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*
  • Tropanes*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Tropanes
  • 2-carbomethoxy-8-(3-fluoropropyl)-3-(4-iodophenyl)tropane