Scan of Hypothalamic Satiety Centers in the Control of Obesity: a preliminary report

Using thioglucose labeled with goid-1 98 (Au-1 98) at doses of 2OµCi per patient, we took specific scans of the hypothalamic satiety centers in 50 normal volunteers and in 50 obesity patients, due to the ability of the hypothalamic satiety centers to take up thioglucose in their glucostat receptors. From the 50 obesity patients, two were classified as having hypothalamic obesity. The rest were controlled with serial scans in combination with nutritional, surgery and clinical control of obesity, with satisfactory results for the 'obesity team'.