ISSN:
1432-1459
Keywords:
Positron emission tomography
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Cerebellar diaschisis
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Pontine haematoma
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Magnetic resonance imaging
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Cerebellar glucose metabolism was studied in one patient with a hemipontine haematoma in order to investigate remote metabolic effects within the cerebellar lobules. In the patient, who suffered a circumscribed hemipontine haemorrhage, and in three normal subjects cerebellar glucose metabolisms was studied using18F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose and high-resolution positron emission tomography (PET). Regions of interest were placed on sagittal brain slices of co-registered magnetic resonance images for quantitative evaluation of glucose metabolism in each cerebellar lobule. Interruption of corticopontine fibres caused inactivation of pontine nuclei with subsequent contralateral cerebellar diaschisis, mainly in the anterior lobe and the posterior portion of the quadrangular lobule. Damage within the ponto-cerebellar part of the cortico-ponto-cerebellar pathway, e.g. pontine nuclei and crossing ponto-cerebellar fibres from contralateral pontine nuclei, led to ipsi- and contralateral cerebellar diaschisis within the semilunar, gracile and biventral lobules. High-resolution PET is capable of demonstrating bilateral diaschisis involving specific cerebellar lobules to a different degree that is consistent with the pontine anatomy of the cortico-ponto-cerebellar pathway and with the location of the haemorrhagic lesion.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02444003
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