23 December 2020>: Clinical Research
A Real-World Study of Cerebral 99mTc-TRODAT-1 Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) Imaging of the Dopamine Transporter in Patients with Parkinson Disease from a Tertiary Hospital in Brazil
Michelly Arjona 1CDEF* , Juliana M.P. Toldo 1BCDEF* , Natalia Carvalho Queiroz 1ABCD* , Jose Luiz Pedroso 2ACD* , Guilherme de Carvalho Campos Neto 2ACD* , Orlando G.P. Barsottini 2ACD* , Andre C. Felicio 1ABCDEF**DOI: 10.12659/MSM.925130
Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e925130
Table 1 Suitability of brain scintigraphy with 99m Tc-TRODAT-1 requests. Indications that suggested intergroup disease (degenerative parkinsonism versus non-degenerative conditions) were considered appropriate.
Degenerative parkinsonism | Non-degenerative conditions |
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Parkinson’s disease | Essential tremor |
Atypical parkinsonism | Psychogenic parkinsonism |
Lewy body dementia | Vascular parkinsonism |
Others* | Drug-induced parkinsonism |
Others* | |
* Analyzed case by case. |