Role of 99mTc-ECD SPECT in the Management of Children with Craniosynostosis
Figure 3
(a) Preoperative axial noncontrast CT (NCCT) skull images showing affected sulcal spaces of left frontoparietal lobe at the convexity and ventriculomegaly (A). Postoperative images showing decreased ventricular size and (B). (b) -ECD brain SPECT preoperatively showing absent radiotracer uptake involving left frontoparietal lobe suggestive of hypoperfusion, upper panel images axial (A), sagittal (B), and coronal (C), and postoperatively showing increased radiotracer uptake involving left frontoparietal lobe suggestive of hyperperfusion, lower panel images axial (A), sagittal (B), and coronal (C). (c) The preoperative clinical image of twin patients. Note the enlarged skull secondary to craniosynostoses and hydrocephalus in the patient on right arm of the mother.
