Transient increase in cerebral blood flow in a patient with Sturge-Weber syndrome.
We report the case of an infant with Sturge-Weber syndrome whose regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) showed an increase and a subsequent decrease. As compared with simultaneous CT and MR findings, we speculate that the transient increase in rCBF reflects the neuronal reaction to hypoxia caused by congestion.
Hosokawa
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Department of Radiology, Yodogawa Christian Hospital, Osaka City, Japan.
Inoue
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Yoshimura
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Morimoto
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Hayashi
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Yamada
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Funato
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Morikawa
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D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013341:Sturge-Weber Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed