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Objective evidence of abnormal regional cerebral blood flow in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus on Tc-99m ECD brain SPECT

Rheumatology International volume 22, pages 178–181 (2002)Cite this article

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Technetium-99m ethyl cysteinate dimer (Tc-99m ECD) brain single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) was used to detect abnormal regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in 78 SLE patients with neuropsychiatric manifestations. These patients were separated into two subgroups: group 1 including 48 cases with definite neuropsychiatric symptoms/signs and group 2 with 30 cases having no neuropsychiatric symptoms/signs. Tc-99m ECD brain SPECT demonstrated hypoperfusion brain lesions in 90% and 20% of patients in groups 1 and 2, respectively. In both groups, parietal lobe and cerebellum are the most and least common areas with hypoperfusion lesions, respectively. This study suggests that Tc-99m ECD brain SPECT may provide objective information for detection of hypoperfusion brain lesions in SLE patients.

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  1. Department of Neurology, China Medical College Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

    W. Huang,  P. Chiu &  C. Tsai

  2. Departments of Nuclear Medicine and Medical Research, China Medical College Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

    A. Kao

  3. Departments of Neurology and Medical Research, China Medical College Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

    C. Lee

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Huang, .W., Chiu, .P., Tsai, .C. et al. Objective evidence of abnormal regional cerebral blood flow in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus on Tc-99m ECD brain SPECT. Rheumatol Int 22, 178–181 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-002-0224-9

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  • Technetium-99m ethyl cysteinate dimmer Single photon emission computed tomography Regional cerebral blood flow Systemic lupus erythematosus