title: Transient increase in cerebral blood flow in a patient with Sturge-Weber syndrome.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Yodogawa Christian Hospital, Osaka City, Japan.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hosokawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Funato
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morikawa
mesh_terms: 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