Tc-99m HMPAO SPECT of the brain in a patient with striopallidodentate calcifications.
CT scan in a 52-year-old woman, admitted because of grand mal seizure, showed striopallidodentate calcifications due to postoperative hypoparathyroidism. This patient report stresses the possibility of cortical metabolic involvement in this disorder, as shown on Tc-99m HMPAO brain SPECT, despite the absence of cognitive defects.
Dierckx
R
R
Department of Nuclear Medicine, A.Z.-Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium.
Jorens
P G
PG
Appel
B
B
Hilte
F
F
Vandevivere
J
J
De Deyn
P P
PP
Parizel
G A
GA
D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007011:Hypoparathyroidism / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime