Clinical Nuclear Medicine · 1990 · 12 citations · 0 references
MedicineNeurologyRadiologyDiagnostic ImagingDiagnostic RadiologyNeuroradiologyBrain ImagingCerebrovascular DiseaseCerebrovascular ImagingHead ImagingNeurovascular ImagingPerfusion ImagingBrain Perfusion ScintigraphyCerebral Venous DrainageHypoperfusion DetectionTc-99m Methylene Diphosphonate ImagingTechnetium-99m Pertechnetate ImagingTechnetium-99m Phosphate Imaging
The Tc-99m HMPAO brain imaging confirmed marked hypoperfusion secondary to anomalous cerebral venous drainage of the Sturge-Weber syndrome. Until now, this had been a hypothesis suggested by results obtained from conventional brain scans and cerebral arteriography.