Brain SPECT findings in long-term inhalant abuse

KÜÇÜK N. Ö., Kilic E., İBİŞ E., Aysev A., Gencoglu E., Aras G., ...Daha Fazla

NUCLEAR MEDICINE COMMUNICATIONS, cilt.21, sa.8, ss.769-773, 2000 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 21 Sayı: 8
  • Basım Tarihi: 2000
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1097/00006231-200008000-00011
  • Dergi Adı: NUCLEAR MEDICINE COMMUNICATIONS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.769-773
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study evaluates brain perfusion in long-term inhalant abusers of toluene, acetone, benzene and derivatives. Ten patients in the age range 16-18 years (mean, 17.3 +/- 0.67 years), who had been inhalant dependent for a mean period of 48.3 +/- 6.2 months, but who had stopped using inhalants for 1-11 months (mean, 5.4 +/- 2.1 months), and ten controls (mean age, 17.3 +/- 0.67 years) were included in the study. Psychiatric tests, biochemical tests and Tc-99m-hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime (Tc-99m-HMPAO) brain single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) were performed on all patients. Brain SPECT images were evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively.