Functional assessment of intracranial arachnoid cysts with TC99 m-HMPAO SPECT: A preliminary report

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1091-1097

  Martínez Lage, Juan F ^a,c   Valente, José A ^a   Piqueras, Claudio ^a   Ruiz Espejo, Antonio M ^a   Román, Francisco ^b   Nuño de la Rosa, Juan A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cysts; Cerebra lSPECT; Cerebral perfusion; Intracranial cysts; Regional cerebral blood flow

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33748158401     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0043-5     Document Type: Article

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