Brain perfusion SPECT in a patient with a subtle venous angioma

Clin Nucl Med. 1994 Sep;19(9):785-8. doi: 10.1097/00003072-199409000-00008.

Abstract

Brain SPECT of regional cerebral blood flow using I-123 IMP demonstrated a focally decreased perfusion area immediately adjacent to a venous angioma in a patient with simple partial seizures. A positive correlation was obtained among the location of the venous angioma, the decreased perfusion area on SPECT images, and the electroencephalographic focus. Anomalous venous drainage through a venous angioma may explain a perfusion disturbance in the surrounding brain of the angioma. High-resolution SPECT imaging with magnetic resonance guidance provides useful information on the pathophysiology of venous angiomas.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Neoplasms / blood supply
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cerebral Ventricles / blood supply
  • Cerebrovascular Circulation / physiology
  • Electroencephalography
  • Ependyma / blood supply
  • Epilepsies, Partial / diagnostic imaging
  • Hemangioma / blood supply
  • Hemangioma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Parietal Lobe / blood supply
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*
  • Veins