Glucose Hypometabolism in Developmental Venous Anomaly Without Apparent Parenchymal Damage

Clin Nucl Med. 2017 May;42(5):361-363. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001594.

Abstract

Two cases of F-FDG PET in developmental venous anomaly (DVA) with visual impairment were examined. Plain MRI could not determine the cause of visual symptoms; a contrast-enhanced CT scan showed the existence of DVA without apparent parenchymal damage due to infarction or hemorrhage. F-FDG PET revealed that the hypometabolic area extended to the visual tract, thus explaining the association between the visual impairment and DVA. F-FDG PET is therefore a useful tool for the evaluation of symptomatic DVA.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / complications
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Parenchymal Tissue / diagnostic imaging
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Radiopharmaceuticals*
  • Vision Disorders / diagnostic imaging*
  • Vision Disorders / etiology

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18