title: 123I-FP-CIT-SPECT in Encephalitis Involving Substantia Nigra.
abstract: I-FP-CIT-SPECT is currently used to detect functional impairment of striatal structures. We report herein a case where I-FP-CIT abnormalities are seemingly related to an encephalitis involving substantia nigra. A few months after a documented encephalitis, a 19-year-old woman experienced a Parkinsonism with a right dominance. There was a reduction in the striatal binding of I-FP-CIT, especially on the left side, in accordance with the right dominance of the Parkinsonism.
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of *Nuclear Medicine, and †Neurology, CHU-Nancy, F-54000, Nancy, France.
authors.forename: Hubert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tissot
authors.forename: Solene
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Frismand
authors.forename: Pierre-Yves
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Marie
authors.forename: Nicolaie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gospodaru
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verger
mesh_terms: D004660:Encephalitis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020734:Parkinsonian Disorders / Q000150:complications; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014326:Tropanes; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D014326:Tropanes; C087552:2-carbomethoxy-8-(3-fluoropropyl)-3-(4-iodophenyl)tropane