Embolic stroke following carotid radiation angiopathy demonstrated with I-123 IMP brain SPECT

Clin Nucl Med. 1991 Aug;16(8):580-2. doi: 10.1097/00003072-199108000-00009.

Abstract

Radiation angiopathy was developed by the process of accelerated atherosclerosis at the site of irradiation. The case of a 44-year-old man with right hemiparesis showing a high signal intensity in the left semioval center on MRI and a defect in the left temporo-parietal area with subsequent filling-in with I-123 IMP brain SPECT is reported. Digital subtraction angiography showed typical radiation angiopathy with ulceration in the left common carotid artery. Twenty-four years previously, he underwent curative irradiation of a neck mass that revealed Hodgkin's disease by biopsy. The emboli formed at the site of radiation-induced angiopathy and caused cerebral infarction. The perfusion abnormality in the territory of the embolic artery was detected by I-123 IMP SPECT. Long-term survivors of neck irradiation are at high risk for the development of carotid arterial disease and should be watched carefully.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amphetamines
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carotid Artery Diseases / etiology*
  • Cerebral Infarction / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebral Infarction / etiology*
  • Head and Neck Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Hodgkin Disease / radiotherapy
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Arteriosclerosis / etiology*
  • Iodine Radioisotopes
  • Iofetamine
  • Male
  • Radiotherapy / adverse effects*
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon

Substances

  • Amphetamines
  • Iodine Radioisotopes
  • Iofetamine