Interictal Spect With Tc 99m-HM PAO in MigrainePatients

Authors

Meral MİRZA
Ahmet TUTUŞ
Füsun ERDOGAN
Mustafa KULA
Ali TOMAR
Güler SILOV
Emel KÖSEOĞLU

DOI

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Abstract

Migraine is considered to be a functional neurological disorder. For several years cerebral blood flow studies have been fueling the controversy surrounding the pathophysiology of migraine headache. Tc 99m-HM PAO SPECT brain imaging was performed during the headache-free period of 29 migraine sufferers (24 without aura, 5 with aura). The findings were compared with those of an age-and sex-matched control group of 17 people. The SPECT images revealed clear interhemispheric asymmetry in the right frontal, temporal and occipital lobes of the brain in the study group. Slight hypoperfusion was observed in patients who had interictal EEG abnormalities.

Keywords

Migraine, Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography.

First Page

31

Last Page

36

Recommended Citation

MİRZA, Meral; TUTUŞ, Ahmet; ERDOGAN, Füsun; KULA, Mustafa; TOMAR, Ali; SILOV, Güler; and KÖSEOĞLU, Emel (1999) "Interictal Spect With Tc 99m-HM PAO in MigrainePatients," Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences: Vol. 29: No. 1, Article 7. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/medical/vol29/iss1/7