Brain SPECT imaging with Tc-99m HM-PAO in Creutzfeld-Jakob disease

Clin Nucl Med. 1989 Nov;14(11):808-10. doi: 10.1097/00003072-198911000-00004.

Abstract

A Tc-99m HM-PAO brain SPECT study of a patient with biopsy-proven Creutzfeld-Jakob disease demonstrated perfusion defects in the left frontal and right temporoparietal areas. A brain CT was normal. The clinical potential of this imaging modality in the evaluation of dementia is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging*
  • Brain / pathology
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Organotechnetium Compounds*
  • Oximes*
  • Radiography
  • Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*

Substances

  • Organotechnetium Compounds
  • Oximes
  • Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime