SPECT diagnosis of Creutzfeld-Jacob disease.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
SPECT with 99mTc-HMPAO was performed on a 65-yr-old patient with Creutzfeld-Jacob disease. Cerebral blood flow was heterogeneously decreased throughout the brain, differing from the pattern observed in other common types of dementia. These results suggest that HMPAO-SPECT may provide useful information in the differential diagnosis of dementia, specifically when Creutzfeld-Jacob disease is suspected.
Medical subject headings
- Brain
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
- Organotechnetium Compounds
- Oximes
- Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon