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- Title
Localization of extratemporal epileptic foci during ictal single photon emission computed tomography.
- Authors
Marks, David A.; Katz, Amiram; Hoffer, Paul; Spencer, Susan S.; Marks, D A; Katz, A; Hoffer, P; Spencer, S S
- Abstract
We obtained single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scans with technetium-99M-hexamethyl-propylene-amine-oxime in 11 patients during 12 extratemporal partial seizures (9 simple partial, 3 complex partial). Ten ictal SPECT studies in 9 patients showed a focal region of hyperperfusion, which agreed with electrical seizure onset in 5 and with clinical seizure localization in 4 in whom ictal electroencephalography was not localized. Contralateral cerebellar and ipsilateral basal ganglia hyperperfusion was seen in 3 patients with a frontal lobe seizure focus. Ictal hyperperfusion was well circumscribed, unlike the diffuse hyperperfusion changes reported during temporal lobe seizures. This observation may indicate a different degree of seizure spread in temporal as opposed to extratemporal epilepsy. Because electroencephalographic localization is often elusive in extratemporal seizures, ictal SPECT may be very helpful for the localization of extratemporal foci.
- Publication
Annals of Neurology, 1992, Vol 31, Issue 3, p250
- ISSN
0364-5134
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/ana.410310304