[Prognostic value of PET and MRS in the assessment of cerebral status of children].
We report a case of a 12-week-old previously normal infant with severe brain damage after an episode of asphyxia during an RS-virus infection. Sub-acute MRI was normal, but new functional techniques, PET (positron emission tomography) and MRS (magnetic resonance spectroscopy) were severely abnormal. At an outpatient clinic three months later, he had developed microencephaly and the MRI was now severely abnormal. The case shows the importance of using multimodality functional imaging techniques to assess the cerebral status of infants for prognosis and course of treatment.
Borgwardt
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PET & cyklotron-enheden, klinisk fysiologisk og nuklearmedicinsk afdeling, H:S Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100 København. borgwardtpet@rh.dk
Danielsen
Else Rubaek
ER
Børch
Klaus
K
Thomsen
Carsten
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Højgaard
Liselotte
L
D001238:Asphyxia Neonatorum / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes
D014980:Xenon Radioisotopes