title: SPECT diagnosis of Creutzfeld-Jacob disease.
abstract: SPECT with 99mTc-HMPAO was performed on a 65-yr-old patient with Creutzfeld-Jacob disease. Cerebral blood flow was heterogeneously decreased throughout the brain, differing from the pattern observed in other common types of dementia. These results suggest that HMPAO-SPECT may provide useful information in the differential diagnosis of dementia, specifically when Creutzfeld-Jacob disease is suspected.
authors.affiliation: Neurobehavior Unit, Flieman Hospital, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aharon-Peretz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peretz
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hemli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Honigman
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Israel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime