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Infantile spasm induced by hemispheric pachygria ultrasound, MRI and Tc-99m HMPAO SPECT

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We report a case of infanitle spasm induced by hemisphere pachygria in which ultrasound and MRI provided precise anatomic information of hemisphere pachygria and Tc-99m HMPAO SPECT scintigraphy supplied an accurate assesment regional cerebral blood flow of infantile spasm during a seizure.

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  1. C. H. Kao

    Present address: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 40705, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 40705, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC

    S. Q. Liao, S. J. Wang, R. S. Liu & S. H. Yeh

  2. Department of Radiology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC

    N. T. Han

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Kao, C.H., Han, N.T., Liao, S.Q. et al. Infantile spasm induced by hemispheric pachygria ultrasound, MRI and Tc-99m HMPAO SPECT. Pediatr Radiol 21, 373–374 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02011493

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