Open AccessConfirmation of Brain Death with Positron Emission Tomography
Author(s) -
Semra Özdemir,
Yusuf Ziya Tan,
Fulya Koç Öztürk,
Fatih Battal
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of pediatric intensive care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2146-4618
pISSN - 2146-4626
DOI - 10.1055/s-0039-1696652
Subject(s) - medicine , positron emission tomography , computed tomography , positron emission , radiology , nuclear medicine , neuroimaging , organ transplantation , transplantation , surgery , psychiatry
After recent advances regarding organ transplantation, accurate and timely diagnosis of brain death has gained importance. In the diagnosis of brain death, in addition to clinical findings, various ancillary tests are very crucial. In this study, the scintigraphic imaging of the brain death of an 8-year-old girl with both Tc-99m diethylenetriaminepentaacetic and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) has been presented. This case study shows that 18F-FDG positron emission tomography-computed tomography imaging can be a useful technique in evaluating brain death in patients.