RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Evaluation of Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Fahr Disease with Schizophrenia-Like Psychosis: A Case Report
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 2527
OP 2529
VO 26
IS 10
A1 Shouyama, Masaru
A1 Kitabata, Yuji
A1 Kaku, Tetsuji
A1 Shinosaki, Kazuhiro
YR 2005
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/26/10/2527.abstract
AB Summary: We report the case of a patient with Fahr disease presenting with schizophrenia-like psychosis for whom a technetium Tc99 methyl cysteinate dimmer brain study was used to evaluate regional blood flow. A brain single photon-emission CT study showed increased cerebral blood flow to the bilateral temporal lobes. Such perfusion abnormalities may reflect psychotic symptoms, including auditory hallucinations and delusions, which suggests a disruption of the cortico-subcortical neural circuits in psychosis.