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P0365 - Pet scan and schizophrenia(dementia praecox) (case study)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

E.M. Goncalves
E.M. Goncalves*
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Psychiatric Department of Hospital of Faro, Faro, Portugal Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

Abstract

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Neuroimaging research has contributed to the understanding of structural and functional differences between the brains of people suffering from Schizophrenia and those of healthy people. However, the likely pathophysiological heterogenety of Schizophrenia pose major difficulties to research, diferential diagnosis (namely, with Alzheimer-type Dementia) and treatment. In this case study, regarding a female schizophrenic patient, using brain F-18 FDG (5 mCi) Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Magnetic Ressonance Imaging (MRI) scans, it is presented the identification of impaired and preserved neural system structure and function.

Type
Poster Session I: Brain Imaging
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 23 , Issue S2: 16th AEP Congress - Abstract book - 16th AEP Congress , April 2008 , pp. S189
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2008
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