Noninvasive evaluation of ischemic stroke with SPECT

Journal Article · Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · South. Med. J.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-198810000-00011· OSTI ID:6601627

Gomez, C R; Malik, M M; Gomez, S M; Wingkun, E C

Technetium Tc 99m DTPA single photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) brain scans of 20 patients with acute ischemic stroke were reviewed retrospectively and compared with clinical and radiologic (CT) data. Fourteen of the patients had abnormal SPECT studies. The abnormal findings were demonstrated by static views in eight patients, by the flow study in one patient, and by both sets of images in the other five patients. All abnormalities correlated with the clinical syndrome of presentation, and only two of the patients had no corresponding lesions on CT. Of the six patients with normal SPECT scans, two had abnormal CT studies, and in the other four, no lesions were shown at all. The ability of /sup 99m/Tc DTPA SPECT to display cerebral infarctions appears to be, at best, comparable to that of CT. SPECT also provides qualitative information regarding flow dynamics in the affected hemisphere of some patients (6/20 in our review). This, we believe, represents the objective demonstration of the preexisting insufficient collateral flow in the hemisphere at risk for ischemic stroke.

• Research Organization: St. Louis Univ. Medical Center, MO (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6601627
• Journal Information: South. Med. J.; (United States), Vol. 81:10
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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