HMPAO-SPECT imaging resembling Alzheimer-type dementia in mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS).
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) of the brain using hexamethyl propylene amine oxime (HMPAO) was performed in a 37-year-old patient suffering from mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS). Reduced blood flow was observed bilaterally in the parieto-occipital regions (resembling Alzheimer type dementia) and in the right parietal lobe.
Medical subject headings
- Acidosis, Lactic
- Alzheimer Disease
- Brain Diseases
- Cerebrovascular Disorders
- Mitochondria, Muscle
- Organotechnetium Compounds
- Oximes
- Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon