BACKGROUND Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings during acute cerebellar ataxia in cases of postinfectious cerebellitis are frequently normal. This has resulted in the use of other imaging modalities, such as single-photon emission computed tomography, to aid diagnosis. OBJECTIVE To illustrate the chronologic occurrence of cerebellar ataxia, abnormal findings on MRI, and cerebral sp...

Myocardial imaging with gallium-67 citrate was used to detect myocarditis in 46 consecutive infants and children (31 boys and 15 girls, mean age 21 months) with Kawasaki disease. In all of them planar imaging (group A) was performed at 6 hours and at 48 or 72 hours after the intravenous administration of a mean (SD) dose of gallium-67 citrate (0.07 (0.02) mCi/kg). Thirty four patients (24 boys ...

OBJECTIVE To compare composite subtraction ictal single-photon emission computed tomography coregistered to magnetic resonance imaging (also known as SISCOM) patterns between right and left medial temporal-onset seizures to document neuroanatomical involvement in perfusion patterns. DESIGN A retrospective comparative survey. SETTING Epilepsy monitoring unit in a tertiary care referral cente...

We implemented a technique for measuring regional cerebral blood volume using single-photon emission computed tomography and in vivo technetium-99m-labeled red blood cells and then evaluated it in nine normal human volunteers (controls) and seven patients with bilateral occlusion or severe stenosis of the internal carotid artery. We also measured regional cerebral blood flow using single-photon...

TAPANI TIKKAKOSKI Editor In patients with intractable epilepsy refractory to medication, surgical treatment may be needed. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an essential neuroimaging tool in assisting the identifi cation of epileptogenic lesions. MRI at 3T has been found to perform better than 1.5T in terms of image quality, detection of structural lesions, and characterization of lesions. Th...

INTRODUCTION Data on single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in tuberculous meningitis are lacking and prompted this study. SPECT findings in tuberculous meningitis are reported and correlated with clinical and radiological findings. PATIENTS AND METHODS Seventeen patients with tuberculous meningitis that was diagnosed on clinical, radiological, and laboratory criteria have been in...

The complex anatomy and function of the foot and ankle can make it difficult to determine the cause of symptoms in patients with foot and ankle pathology. Following initial clinical and radiographic assessment, additional imaging with magnetic resonance imaging may be required, which is often seen as the modality of choice. Although sensitive to pathological changes in bone metabolism and vascu...