Glue-sniffing as a cause of a positive radio-isotope brain scan.
Convulsions are a known complication of the acute intoxicant effects of solvent abuse. A radio-isotope brain scan done 9 months following status epilepticus secondary to toluene inhalation, in a previously normal school-boy, demonstrated several wedge-shaped areas of increased uptake, in both cerebral hemispheres, consistent with infarcts. It is worth remembering that a positive brain scan in a young person, with recent onset of epilepsy, may be due to glue-sniffing.
D000293:Adolescent; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*