Reversible Symmetrical White Matter Low Attenuation in Rubella Encephalitis

M. Hiraiwa; C. Nonaka; T. Abe; M. Sakamoto; M. Tagaya; M. lio

doi:10.1055/s-2008-1052437

Neuropediatrics 1987; 18(1): 54-56
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1052437

Reversible Symmetrical White Matter Low Attenuation in Rubella Encephalitis

Both in X-Ray CT and 11C-Glucose Positron Emission TomographyM. Hiraiwa¹ , C. Nonaka¹ , T. Abe¹ , M. Sakamoto² , M. Tagaya³ , M. lio⁴

¹Department of Pediatrics, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 11-1, Kaga 2 Chome, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173 Japan
²1st Department of Internal Medicine, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, 2-2-1 Honjo Kumamoto 860 Japan
³Department of Pediatrics, Fukui Medical College, 23 Shimoaizuki Matuoka-machi Yoshida-gun Fukui 910-11, Japan
⁴Department of Radiology, Nakano National Chest Hospital, 14-2 Ekoda 3 Nakano-ku Tokyo 165 Japan

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Abstract

A ten-year-old Japanese boy, who fell ill with rubella encephalitis at 6 years of life, disclosed reversible symmetrical white matter low attenuation in both X-ray CT and 11C-glucose positron emission tomography (PET), which was newly applied to the illness. He recovered completely without neurological sequelae, similar in X-ray CT and PET.

Key words

Rubella encephalitis - Reversible white matter low attenuation - X-ray CT - Positron emission tomography

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