American Journal of Neuroradiology, Vol 12, Issue 3 513-520, Copyright © 1991 by American Society of Neuroradiology
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Regional cerebral blood flow study with 123I-IMP in patients with degenerative dementia
T Ohnishi, H Hoshi, S Nagamachi, S Jinnouchi, S Futami, K Watanabe and Y Mitsuyama
Department of Radiology, Miyazaki Medical College, Japan.
Regional cerebral blood flow was evaluated by single-photon emission CT (SPECT) with 123I-N-isopropyl-p-iodoamphetamine (123I-IMP) in 11 patients with dementia of the Alzheimer type, three patients with progressive dementia and motor neuron disease, and eight healthy control subjects. Regional blood flow measurements in the bilateral frontal, parietal association, and temporal cortices were lower in the Alzheimer dementia patients than in controls. Flow deficits in the parietal association cortex were demonstrated in all patients with Alzheimer-type dementia; these deficits were correlated with the severity of disease. Lateral hemispheric asymmetry was seen in nine of 11 patients with Alzheimer-type dementia. In all three patients with progressive dementia and motor neuron disease, flow deficits were demonstrated in the bilateral frontal and temporal cortices, but no flow deficits were seen in the parietal association cortex. Brain SPECT with 123I-IMP may be useful in the differential diagnosis and evaluation of the severity of degenerative dementia.
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