Cerebral perfusion abnormalities in therapy-resistant epilepsy in mentally retarded pediatric patients. Comparison between EEG, X-ray CT, and Tc-99m HMPAO
| Autor: | Hassoon Mm, Olofsson Oe, Abdel-Rahman M, H. M. Abdel-Dayem, Nawaz Mk |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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Therapy resistant medicine.medical_specialty Perfusion scanning Mentally retarded Electroencephalography Epilepsy Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime Intellectual Disability Oximes medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Cerebral perfusion pressure Tc-99m HMPAO Child Tomography Emission-Computed Single-Photon medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Brain General Medicine Organotechnetium Compounds medicine.disease Cerebrovascular Circulation Female Radiology Nuclear medicine business Tomography X-Ray Computed Perfusion |
| Zdroj: | Clinical nuclear medicine. 16(8) |
| ISSN: | 0363-9762 |
| Popis: | Thirteen mentally retarded pediatric patients aged 4 to 13 years with therapy-resistant epilepsy underwent Tc-99m HMPAO brain perfusion SPECT studies. The results (abnormal in 12 of the 13 patients) were compared with EEG results in 12 of the 13 patients (abnormal in all 12) and x-ray CT in 11 of the 13 patients (normal in 9). Patients with spikes on EEG had foci of increased uptake on HMPAO. This study confirms that HMPAO is sensitive in detecting perfusion abnormalities and localizing epileptic foci in this group of patients. |
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