Low brain blood flow finding on SPECT in long COVID patients with brain fog.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Tsuchida, Tomoya; Sasaki, Nobuyuki; Ohira, Yoshiyuki
- Source
- QJM: An International Journal of Medicine. Oct2023, Vol. 116 Issue 10, p877-878. 2p.
- Subject
- *POST-acute COVID-19 syndrome
*BLOOD flow
*SINGLE-photon emission computed tomography
- Language
- ISSN
- 1460-2725
RTMS is effective for treating brain fog and SPECT is a useful diagnostic technique and should be performed in patients presenting with symptoms suggestive of brain fog. IMP Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) showed cerebral blood flow decreased mainly in the right occipital lobe (Figure 1A). [Extracted from the article]