Incidental Detection of Intracranial Tuberculomas on 99mTc-TRODAT-1 SPECT/CT. (June 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tripathi, Madhavi; Arora, Geetanjali; Das, Chandan J.; Grover, Tripti; Gupta, Ranjan; Bal, Chandrasekhar
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 40:Number 6(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-06
• Subjects: 99mTc-TRODAT-1 -- SPECT/CT -- tuberculoma; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000695
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: 99m Tc-TRODAT-1 has high affinity and specificity for dopamine transporters and is useful for the evaluation of presynaptic dopaminergic function, especially in parkinsonism. There have been a few reports of extrastriatal pathological accumulation of 99m Tc-TRODAT-1. We report a patient with intracranial tuberculomas that were incidentally detected when he underwent 99m Tc-TRODAT-1 scintigraphy for an unrelated indication.