Basal ganglia infarction demonstrated by radionuclide brain imaging.
Four cases of basal ganglia infarction demonstrated by radionuclide brain imaging are presented. Bilateral basal ganglia infarctions in two patients were probably related to methanol intoxication and meningoencephalitis, and unilateral basal ganglia infarctions in two other patients were presumably due to cerebral atherosclerosis and/or hypertension. Various causes and mechanisms of basal ganglia infarction as well as positive findings of radionuclide brain imaging are briefly reviewed.
D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate; D013687:Telencephalon / Q000098:blood supply*
D013667:Technetium; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate