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Brain Perfusion Changes in a Patient with Facial Trauma
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VOLUME: 32 ISSUE: 2
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June 2023

Brain Perfusion Changes in a Patient with Facial Trauma

Mol Imaging Radionucl Ther 2023;32(2):162-164
DOI: 10.4274/mirt.galenos.2022.90958
Chrissa Sioka 1
Anastasia Zikou 2
Petros Petrikis 3
Asimakis Asimakopoulos 4
George Alexiou 5
Vasileios Ragos 6
1. University of Ioannina Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
2. University of Ioannina Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Ioannina, Greece
3. University of Ioannina Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Ioannina, Greece
4. University of Ioannina, Neurosurgical Institute, Ioannina, Greece
5. University of Ioannina Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Ioannina, Greece
6. University of Ioannina Faculty of Medicine, Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Ioannina, Greece
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Received Date: 06.05.2022
Accepted Date: 15.11.2022
Publish Date: 20.06.2023
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ABSTRACT

A 69-year-old male was admitted to our hospital because of left facial trauma with bone fractures, including the maxillary sinus, zygomatic arch, and ethmoid and sphenoid bones. Brain computed tomography was unremarkable but regional cerebral blood flow with hexamethyl-propylene-amine oxime single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) showed hypoperfusion of the left hemisphere, which was reversible since a repeat SPECT 4 months later was substantially improved. Brain perfusion SPECT may provide information on cerebrovascular status in some cases of facial injury.

Keywords:
Brain perfusion imaging, cerebral blood flow, HMPAO, facial trauma, computed tomography, neuroimaging

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