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. 1990 Apr;175(1):111-6.
doi: 10.1148/radiology.175.1.2315468.

Cerebral palsy: initial experience with Tc-99m HMPAO SPECT of the brain

R Denays  1 , M Tondeur, V Toppet, H Ham, A Piepsz, M Spehl, M Rubinstein, P Noel
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Cerebral palsy: initial experience with Tc-99m HMPAO SPECT of the brain

R Denays et al. Radiology. 1990 Apr.

Abstract

The outlook for children with cerebral palsy is determined by the severity of motor problems and the presence of associated disabilities, in which early detection remains a medical challenge. The authors studied 13 children (aged 13 months to 12 years) with cerebral palsy by means of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) of the brain with technetium-99m hexamethylpropyleneamineoxime (HMPAO). In all children with hemiplegia, SPECT demonstrated hypoperfusion in the hemisphere contralateral to the motor deficit. SPECT demonstrated normal findings in patients with mild diplegia; bilateral hypoperfusion in the superior motor cortex in patients with moderate di- or tetraplegia; and bilateral reduction of perfusion in the superior motor, inferior motor, prefrontal, and parietal cortices in patients with severe di- or tetraplegia. Results suggest that Tc-99m HMPAO SPECT of the brain is a valuable complementary tool for thorough neurologic assessment in cerebral palsy.

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