Unexpected accumulation of thallium-201 in bilateral thalamic venous infarction induced by arteriovenous fistula in the posterior fossa: Report of a case

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-243

  Tamamoto, Fumihiko ^a   Nakanishi, Atsushi ^b   Takanashi, Tomoko ^b   Ishizaki, Hideyuki ^b   Nagasawa, Hidekazu ^b   Maehara, Tadayuki ^b   Ohno, Shingo ^b   Otsubo, Yutaka ^b  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Ohtsuka Hospital   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT); Thallium 201; Venous infarction

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; THALLIUM; THALLIUM 201; THALLIUM CHLORIDE;

AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ACCUMULATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; METABOLISM; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THALAMUS;

EID: 0038607538     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02990028     Document Type: Article

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