Considerations of brain death on a SPECT cerebral perfusion study

G. Valle; P. Ciritella; M. G. Bonetti; F. Dicembrino; E. Perrone; G. P. Perna

doi:10.1097/00003072-199311000-00004

Considerations of brain death on a SPECT cerebral perfusion study

G. Valle, P. Ciritella, M. G. Bonetti, F. Dicembrino, E. Perrone, G. P. Perna

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Abstract

Brain death imaging is often a diagnostic challenge. Cerebral angioscintigraphy is extensively used for this analysis, but this test does not allow the perfusion evaluation of the posterior fossa. The authors report a case in which a SPECT study showed persistence of blood frow in infratentorial structures with total absence of cerebral (supratentorial) perfusion. This finding excluded the diagnosis of brain death.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	953-954
Number of pages	2
Journal	Clinical Nuclear Medicine
Volume	18
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-199311000-00004
Publication status	Published - 1993

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Radiological and Ultrasound Technology

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