Radionuclide cerebral imaging for confirmation of brain death in children: The significance of dural sinus activity

Steven B. Coker; Gary L. Dillehay

doi:10.1016/0887-8994(86)90039-1

Radionuclide cerebral imaging for confirmation of brain death in children: The significance of dural sinus activity

Steven B. Coker^*, Gary L. Dillehay

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Abstract

Radionuclide cerebral imaging revealed no cortical flow, but recorded persistent dural sinus activity in 14 of 55 clinically brain dead children. Of these 14 children, 13 had isoelectric electroencephalograms. Postmortem liquefactive necrosis was present in 7 cases. Although studies that demonstrated the absence of flow were confirmatory of brain death, dural sinus radioactivity in the delayed static images persisted in the presence of brain death.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	43-46
Number of pages	4
Journal	Pediatric Neurology
Volume	2
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0887-8994(86)90039-1
State	Published - Jan 1 1986

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Clinical Neurology
Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Developmental Neuroscience
Neurology

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