Aneurysmal 99m Tc-HMPAO Uptake in Brain Death.

Danka Do, Petr Suhaj1, Jiri Benes2

  • 1Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, 3rd Faculty of Medicine, Thomayer University Hospital.

Clinical Nuclear Medicine
|February 13, 2024
PubMed
Summary

Abnormal radiotracer uptake in cerebral artery aneurysms can mimic brain death on scintigraphy. Neuropathological examination revealed dissections within a fibrotic aneurysm caused the subarachnoid hemorrhage.