Regional cerebral blood flow in a patient with Nasu-Hakola disease

Ann Nucl Med. 2005 Jun;19(4):309-12. doi: 10.1007/BF02984623.

Abstract

We report a functional neuroimaging study of a 43-year-old woman with Nasu-Hakola disease (NHD). Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) images were measured with technetium-99m ethyl cysteinate dimer single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). rCBF was decreased in the bilateral frontal lobes and thalamus. This finding was consistent with the known underlying neuropathology in patients with NHD. Brain SPECT is useful for demonstrating the pathophysiologic brain region in patients with NHD.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain / blood supply*
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cerebrovascular Circulation*
  • Chromosome Disorders / diagnostic imaging
  • Cysteine / analogs & derivatives
  • Dementia, Vascular / diagnostic imaging*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lipodystrophy / congenital
  • Lipodystrophy / diagnostic imaging*
  • Memory Disorders / diagnostic imaging*
  • Organotechnetium Compounds
  • Osteochondrodysplasias / congenital
  • Osteochondrodysplasias / diagnostic imaging*
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Syndrome

Substances

  • Organotechnetium Compounds
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • technetium Tc 99m bicisate
  • Cysteine