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Aneurysmal 99mTc-HMPAO Uptake in Brain Death

Published:2024-02-05 Issue:4 Volume:49 Page:348-350
ISSN:1536-0229
Container-title:Clinical Nuclear Medicine
language:en
Short-container-title:Clin Nucl Med

Author:

Do Danka,Suhaj Petr¹,Benes Jiri²,Matej Radoslav¹,Lang Otto³

Affiliation:

1. Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, 3rd Faculty of Medicine, Thomayer University Hospital

2. Department of Radiology, General University Hospital Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.

3. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 3rd Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady

Abstract

Abstract A 41-year-old man was admitted to hospital due to sudden loss of consciousness. A regional brain perfusion SPECT/low-dose CT showed abnormal 99mTc-HMPAO uptake in the right hemisphere frontotemporally without any other supratentorial or infratentorial radiotracer uptake. A neuropathological examination disclosed a middle cerebral artery aneurysm. Presumably, vessel wall fibrosis prevented collapse. Multiple transmural dissections of the fibrotic aneurysmal wall were the source of the subarachnoid hemorrhage. This interesting image shows that radiotracer accumulation in cerebral artery aneurysms can be a diagnostic pitfall in brain death scintigraphy assessment.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

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