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Bilateral subdural hematomas diagnosed with technetium-99m-HMPAO brain SPECT. 1991

D Coupland, and B Lentle
Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

An elderly patient with a complex history of organic dementia but a normal neurologic examination had a 99mTc-hexamethylpropylene-amine-oxime (HMPAO) brain scan for a suspected cerebrovascular accident or space-occupying lesion. The study showed no perfusion abnormality in the brain parenchyma, but bilateral flattening and inversion of the normal hemispheric convexities, with separation from the skull was identified. Bilateral subdural hematomas (SDH) were suspected and the patient had a computed tomographic scan that confirmed the diagnosis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D010091 Oximes Compounds that contain the radical R2C Aldoximes,Hydroxyimino Compounds,Ketoxime,Ketoximes,Oxime,Compounds, Hydroxyimino
D001921 Brain The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM. Encephalon
D006408 Hematoma, Subdural Accumulation of blood in the SUBDURAL SPACE between the DURA MATER and the arachnoidal layer of the MENINGES. This condition primarily occurs over the surface of a CEREBRAL HEMISPHERE, but may develop in the spinal canal (HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, SPINAL). Subdural hematoma can be classified as the acute or the chronic form, with immediate or delayed symptom onset, respectively. Symptoms may include loss of consciousness, severe HEADACHE, and deteriorating mental status. Hemorrhage, Subdural,Subdural Hematoma,Subdural Hematoma, Traumatic,Hematoma, Traumatic Subdural,Hematomas, Subdural,Hematomas, Traumatic Subdural,Hemorrhages, Subdural,Subdural Hematomas,Subdural Hematomas, Traumatic,Subdural Hemorrhage,Subdural Hemorrhages,Traumatic Subdural Hematoma,Traumatic Subdural Hematomas
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D014057 Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tomography using x-ray transmission and a computer algorithm to reconstruct the image. CAT Scan, X-Ray,CT Scan, X-Ray,Cine-CT,Computerized Tomography, X-Ray,Electron Beam Computed Tomography,Tomodensitometry,Tomography, Transmission Computed,X-Ray Tomography, Computed,CAT Scan, X Ray,CT X Ray,Computed Tomography, X-Ray,Computed X Ray Tomography,Computerized Tomography, X Ray,Electron Beam Tomography,Tomography, X Ray Computed,Tomography, X-Ray Computer Assisted,Tomography, X-Ray Computerized,Tomography, X-Ray Computerized Axial,Tomography, Xray Computed,X Ray Computerized Tomography,X Ray Tomography, Computed,X-Ray Computer Assisted Tomography,X-Ray Computerized Axial Tomography,Beam Tomography, Electron,CAT Scans, X-Ray,CT Scan, X Ray,CT Scans, X-Ray,CT X Rays,Cine CT,Computed Tomography, Transmission,Computed Tomography, X Ray,Computed Tomography, Xray,Computed X-Ray Tomography,Scan, X-Ray CAT,Scan, X-Ray CT,Scans, X-Ray CAT,Scans, X-Ray CT,Tomographies, Computed X-Ray,Tomography, Computed X-Ray,Tomography, Electron Beam,Tomography, X Ray Computer Assisted,Tomography, X Ray Computerized,Tomography, X Ray Computerized Axial,Transmission Computed Tomography,X Ray Computer Assisted Tomography,X Ray Computerized Axial Tomography,X Ray, CT,X Rays, CT,X-Ray CAT Scan,X-Ray CAT Scans,X-Ray CT Scan,X-Ray CT Scans,X-Ray Computed Tomography,X-Ray Computerized Tomography,Xray Computed Tomography
D015609 Organotechnetium Compounds Organic compounds that contain technetium as an integral part of the molecule. These compounds are often used as radionuclide imaging agents. Compounds, Organotechnetium
D015899 Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon A method of computed tomography that uses radionuclides which emit a single photon of a given energy. The camera is rotated 180 or 360 degrees around the patient to capture images at multiple positions along the arc. The computer is then used to reconstruct the transaxial, sagittal, and coronal images from the 3-dimensional distribution of radionuclides in the organ. The advantages of SPECT are that it can be used to observe biochemical and physiological processes as well as size and volume of the organ. The disadvantage is that, unlike positron-emission tomography where the positron-electron annihilation results in the emission of 2 photons at 180 degrees from each other, SPECT requires physical collimation to line up the photons, which results in the loss of many available photons and hence degrades the image. CAT Scan, Single-Photon Emission,CT Scan, Single-Photon Emission,Radionuclide Tomography, Single-Photon Emission-Computed,SPECT,Single-Photon Emission-Computed Tomography,Tomography, Single-Photon, Emission-Computed,Single-Photon Emission CT Scan,Single-Photon Emission Computer-Assisted Tomography,Single-Photon Emission Computerized Tomography,CAT Scan, Single Photon Emission,CT Scan, Single Photon Emission,Emission-Computed Tomography, Single-Photon,Radionuclide Tomography, Single Photon Emission Computed,Single Photon Emission CT Scan,Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography,Single Photon Emission Computer Assisted Tomography,Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography,Tomography, Single-Photon Emission-Computed
D019690 Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime A gamma-emitting RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING agent used in the evaluation of regional cerebral blood flow and in non-invasive dynamic biodistribution studies and MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING. It has also been used to label leukocytes in the investigation of INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES. Tc-99m HMPAO,Technetium Tc 99m Hexamethylpropyleneamine Oxime,99m-Tc-HMPAO,99mTc-HMPAO,Ceretec,Tc-99m-Exametazime,Tc-99m-Hexamethylpropyleneamine Oxime,Technetium Tc 99m Hexamethylpropylene-amine Oxime,Tc 99m Exametazime,Tc 99m Hexamethylpropyleneamine Oxime,Technetium Tc 99m Hexamethylpropylene amine Oxime

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