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Glue-sniffing as a cause of a positive radio-isotope brain scan

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine volume 7, pages 387–388 (1982)Cite this article

Abstract

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.

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    C. M. Lamont & F. G. Adams

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Lamont, C.M., Adams, F.G. Glue-sniffing as a cause of a positive radio-isotope brain scan. Eur J Nucl Med 7, 387–388 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00255659

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Keywords

  • Public Health
  • Toluene
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Status Epilepticus
  • Cerebral Hemisphere