Absent 18F-FDG Uptake in the Brain—Unsuspected Brain Death
| Autor: | Mikkel H. Vendelbo, Mette Abildgaard Pedersen, Søren Jensen-Fangel, Edith Nielsen, Per Borghammer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Brain Death
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Glucose uptake Perfusion scanning Scintigraphy 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Respiratory system medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Brain Biological Transport General Medicine Cerebral blood flow 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Angiography Brainstem business Perfusion |
| Zdroj: | Pedersen, M A, Jensen-Fangel, S, Nielsen, E, Borghammer, P & Vendelbo, M H 2020, ' Absent 18 F-FDG Uptake in the Brain-Unsuspected Brain Death ', Clinical Nuclear Medicine, vol. 45, no. 10, pp. e433-e434 . https://doi.org/10.1097/RLU.0000000000003237 |
| ISSN: | 1536-0229 0363-9762 |
| Popis: | Brain death is the complete, irreversible cessation of brain function, including the capacity for brainstem, respiratory, and vegetative activities. It is a clinical diagnosis that can be supplemented with brain perfusion imaging. Absent cerebral blood flow can be visualized with CT angiography or perfusion scintigraphy. F-FDG PET/CT, visualizing glucose uptake, is another approach that has been shown to indicate brain death in small case series. We here present a case with unsuspected absent F-FDG uptake and thus no metabolic activity, in the brain. The patient was declared brain dead later the same day. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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