Open AccessRole of brain perfusion SPECT with 99mTc HMPAO in the assessment of response to drug therapy in patients with autoimmune vasculitis: A prospective study
Author(s) -
M. Liberatore,
Manuela Morreale,
Valentina Megna,
Sara Collorone,
Sotirios Chondrogiannis,
Drudi Francesco Maria,
Anagnostou Christos,
Liana Civitelli,
Ada Francia,
Anna Margherita Maffione,
Maria Cristina Marzola,
Domenico Rubello
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
north american journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2250-1541
pISSN - 1947-2714
DOI - 10.4103/1947-2714.156008
Subject(s) - medicine , vasculitis , perfusion , cerebral vasculitis , single photon emission computed tomography , radiology , disease
The diagnosis of vasculitis in the brain remains a quite difficult achievement. To the best of our knowledge, there is no imaging method reported in literature which is capable of reaching to a diagnosis of vasculitis with very high sensitivity.