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- Title
[[sup 18] F]-Fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography findings in preterm infants with severe periventricular leukomalacia and hypsarrhythmia.
- Authors
Higuchi, Y.; Maihara, T.; Hattori, H.; Furusho, K.; Okazawa, H.; Ishizu, K.; Yonekura, Y.
- Abstract
Two preterm infants with extensive periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) were examined by [[sup 18] F]-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) at the corrected ages of 18 and 34 days. They showed similar clinical courses including oculoclonic seizure, hypsarrhythmia and severe mental retardation, in addition to spastic quadriplegia. FDG-PET study of these two infants with severe PVL disclosed poorly developed metabolic activity in the primary sensorimotor cortex, while the MRI images displayed only periventricular white matter lesions.Conclusion Positron emission tomography may dis-close cortical involvement in infants with severe periventricular leukomalacia.
- Subjects
PREMATURE infant diseases; INFANTILE spasms
- Publication
European Journal of Pediatrics, 1997, Vol 156, Issue 3, p236
- ISSN
0340-6199
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s004310050591