HEPATIC-ENCEPHALOPATHY WITH INCREASED CEREBRAL BLOOD-FLOW IN SPECT AND MRI ABNORMALITIES IN THE BASAL GANGLIA

Authors
KOHIRA I MATSUO E SHIRO Y UEMURA N MATSUMOTO S KITAMURA Y MATSUMOTO Y ISHIZU H SAKAI K KURODA S SHOHMORI T
Citation
I. Kohira et al., HEPATIC-ENCEPHALOPATHY WITH INCREASED CEREBRAL BLOOD-FLOW IN SPECT AND MRI ABNORMALITIES IN THE BASAL GANGLIA, Japanese journal of psychiatry and neurology, 48(1), 1994, pp. 33-36
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,Psychiatry
Journal title
Japanese journal of psychiatry and neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09122036
Volume
48
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
33 - 36
Database
ISI
SICI code
0912-2036(1994)48:1<33:HWICBI>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
A case of hepatic encephalopathy with increased cerebral blood flow in single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and abnormalities upon magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is reported. SPECT showed increa sed blood flow exceeding 70 ml/100 g/min in the cerebellum, basal gang lia and cerebral cortex, with hyperammonemia and abnormal electroencep halographic signs showing severe generalized slowing. SPECT data and M RI might reflect abnormal metabolism and neuropathological changes in hepatic encephalopathy.