Blood flow and oxygen metabolism in a case of Lhermitte-Duclos disease: results of positron emission tomography.
We evaluated blood flow and oxygen metabolism in a patient with Lhermitte-Duclos disease using brain positron emission tomography. The lesion showed increased blood flow, reduced oxygen extraction fraction and normal metabolic rates of oxygen. These findings suggest that lesions of Lhermitte-Duclos disease may constitute hamartoma or hypertrophy rather than neoplasm.
Ogasawara
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Department of Neurosurgery and Cyclotron Research Center, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan. kuogasa@iwate-med.ac.jp
Beppu
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Yasuda
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Kobayashi
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Yukawa
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Ogawa
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D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000378:metabolism; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
D010100:Oxygen