Demonstration of abnormal perfusion in the pons with high resolution SPECT and technetium-99m HMPAO in a patient with acoustic neuroma.
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.
Yui
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Division of Nuclear Medicine, Chiba Cancer Center Hospital, Japan.
Togawa
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Kinoshita
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Namba
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Akiyama
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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
D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime