technetium-tc-99m-gluceptate and Brain-Abscess

Over the past decade, many of the prime indications for radionuclide brain scanning have become instead indications for CCT, and nuclear medicine studies of the brain have assumed more of a complementary, supportive role. However, there is great promise for improvement in central nervous system radionuclide applications with advances anticipated in both radiopharmaceuticals and instrumentation. Nuclear medicine is continuing to function as a powerful research tool and, in the relatively near future, may regain its role as a major clinical test of the central nervous system.

Topics: Brain Abscess; Brain Death; Brain Diseases; Brain Injuries; Brain Neoplasms; Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Diagnosis, Differential; Humans; Hydrocephalus; Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations; Meningitis; Organotechnetium Compounds; Pentetic Acid; Radionuclide Imaging; Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial; Spinal Cord Diseases; Sugar Acids; Technetium; Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate

Serial Tc-99m glucoheptonate brain scans demonstrated a brain abscess in a patient from the earliest phase of acute focal encephalitis (cerebritis) through the capsule formation and the recovery phase. The role of the RN and CT scans in the diagnosis of the early stage of cerebritis and the complementary nature of RN and CT scans in intracranial infections, particularly abscesses, are discussed. Guidelines for the use of RN and CT scans are suggested.

Topics: Brain Abscess; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Organotechnetium Compounds; Sugar Acids; Technetium; Time Factors; Tomography, Emission-Computed; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Topics: Brain; Brain Abscess; Brain Diseases; Brain Neoplasms; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Glioblastoma; Humans; Meningioma; Organotechnetium Compounds; Pentetic Acid; Radionuclide Imaging; Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; Sugar Acids; Technetium; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Wounds and Injuries