PET Scan and Autoimmune Focal Encephalitis

Abstract

The value of the PET scan in the diagnosis of autoimmune focal encephalitis is reported in a 22-month-old girl who presented with involuntary movements, hemiparesis, and behavioral changes at Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, Japan.

Keywords

• methylprednisolone therapy
• hypermetabolism
• immunoglobulin