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

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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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