[Ictal and interictal 99mTc-HMPAO-SPECT studies in temporal lobe epilepsy with unilateral EEG focus]. / Iktuale und interiktuale 99mTc-HMPAO-SPECT Untersuchungen bei Temporallappenepilepsien mit unilateralem EEG-Fokus.
Nervenarzt
; 62(12): 745-9, 1991 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-1795753
ABSTRACT
Ictal and interictal SPECT measurements using 99mTc-HMPAO are helpful in localising an epileptic focus. 24 patients (12 women and 12 men; mean age 30 years) suffering from temporal lobe epilepsies with unilateral EEG foci were examined. In all patients a presurgical evaluation including sphenoidal and foramen oval electrodes was carried out. The analysis of SPECT measurement was done visually and semi-quantitatively, comparing the data with findings in healthy persons (10 women and 10 men; mean age 24 years). The etiology of the epilepsy was confirmed by histological investigation in 16 cases, and by CT and MRI in 8 cases. The findings were gliosis in 6 cases, astrocytoma in 3 cases, cysts in 4 cases, and angioma in 3 cases. In 8 cases no pathological findings could be detected. In 46% of cases interictal SPECTs exhibited a focal hypoperfusion corresponding with the EEG-focus. In ictal SPECTs this could be found in 75% of cases. In all 10 patients without morphological findings or with gliosis (proved by histological investigations) a hyperperfusion coincident with the EEG-focus appeared in ictal SPECTs.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
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Cerebral Cortex
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Dominance, Cerebral
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Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
De
Journal:
Nervenarzt
Year:
1991
Document type:
Article