title: Demonstration of abnormal perfusion in the pons with high resolution SPECT and technetium-99m HMPAO in a patient with acoustic neuroma.
abstract: We detected a regional defect in the pons with ipsilateral cerebellar hypoperfusion in a patient with acoustic neuroma by brain SPECT with 99mTc HMPAO. A high spatial resolution SPECT system with three detectors equipped with fan-beam collimators was employed. This is the first report of a defect in the brainstem being visualized by perfusion SPECT and this method could make it possible to clarify the cause of a remote effect on the cerebellar perfusion by injury to the brainstem.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nuclear Medicine, Chiba Cancer Center Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yui
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Togawa
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Namba
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Akiyama
mesh_terms: D002531:Cerebellum / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009464:Neuroma, Acoustic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D011149:Pons / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime