GRADE-II ASTROCYTOMA VISUALIZED BY TECHNETIUM-99M-ECD SPECT

Citation
T. Hirano et al., GRADE-II ASTROCYTOMA VISUALIZED BY TECHNETIUM-99M-ECD SPECT, The Journal of nuclear medicine, 37(2), 1996, pp. 273-275
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
ISSN journal
01615505
Volume
37
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
273 - 275
Database
ISI
SICI code
0161-5505(1996)37:2<273:GAVBTS>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We present a case of primary brain tumor demonstrating increased uptak e of Tc-99m-ECD, Astrocytoma (Grade II) showed significantly increased cerebral blood perfusion on dynamic images and homogeneously increase d uptake on static images with Tc-99m-ECD brain SPECT. There seems to be some difference in perfusion and mechanism of tumor uptake among th e cerebral blood flow imaging agents (Tc-99m-ECD, Tc-99m-HMPAO and [I- 123]IMP) and (TI)-T-201-chloride.