RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Regional Cerebral Glucose Metabolism and Blood Flow in a Patient with Marchiafava-Bignami Disease
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1249
OP 1251
VO 20
IS 7
A1 Ishii, Kazunari
A1 Ikejiri, Yoshitaka
A1 Sasaki, Masahiro
A1 Kitagaki, Hajime
A1 Mori, Etsuro
YR 1999
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/20/7/1249.abstract
AB Summary: We report functional neuroimaging studies of a 54-year-old man with Marchiafava-Bignami disease (MBD). Glucose metabolic images obtained by [18F]-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography showed diffusely reduced whole brain metabolism and strongly decreased metabolism in the frontal and parietal lobes, orbital gyrus, and thalamus. Cerebral perfusion images showed a similarly decreased radioactivity pattern as the metabolic images. Functional neuroimages would be useful for understanding the pathophysiologic processes of MBD.