Tc-99m HMPAO SPECT of the brain in the neonate

Clin Nucl Med. 1990 Mar;15(3):175-7. doi: 10.1097/00003072-199003000-00008.

Abstract

A brain scan with Tc-99m hexamethylpropyleneamineoxime (HMPAO) performed on a neonate demonstrated normal localization only in the sensorimotor cortex, basal ganglia, and cerebellum. This pattern of localization is remarkably similar to previously published PET images of the neonate. Because Tc-99m HMPAO is readily available and has biochemical and physical characteristics that are suitable for perfusion imaging of the brain, it likely will become a major imaging agent in nuclear medicine. Normal scan findings in the neonatal age group with Tc-99m HMPAO have not been previously reported because of limited clinical use to date.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain / diagnostic imaging*
  • Female
  • Fetal Hypoxia / diagnostic imaging
  • Fetal Hypoxia / pathology
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn*
  • Organotechnetium Compounds*
  • Oximes*
  • Pregnancy
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Reference Values
  • Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime

Substances

  • Organotechnetium Compounds
  • Oximes
  • Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime