title: Brain perfusion SPECT in Lyme neuroborreliosis.
abstract: SPECT imaging brain perfusion using 99mTc-HMPAO was performed on a 38-yr-old women with Lyme neuroborreliosis confirmed by autopsy. The patient had been suspected of spinocerebellar degeneration. Cerebral blood flow was diffusely decreased throughout cerebral cortices but cerebellar blood flow was not impaired, which indicated that the diagnosis was unlikely spinocerebellar degeneration. These findings suggested that brain perfusion SPECT provides useful information in diagnosing the patients with Lyme neuroborreliosis, especially when spinocerebellar degeneration is included in the differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sumiya
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mizukoshi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Koshino
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Taki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tonami
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013132:Spinocerebellar Degenerations / Q000175:diagnosis; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime