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Ictal PET in presurgical workup of refractory extratemporal epilepsy

Ictal Pet in presurgical workup of refractory epilepsy is seldom performed and limited due to technical difficulties. In carefully selected patient subset with frequent extratemporal seizures, ictal PET depicts ‘seizure onset zone’ with high spatial resolution even within a widespread pathology. We...

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Autores principales: Nooraine, Javeria, Iyer, Rajesh B., Raghavendra, Seetharam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3841627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24339606
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.120475
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Sumario:Ictal Pet in presurgical workup of refractory epilepsy is seldom performed and limited due to technical difficulties. In carefully selected patient subset with frequent extratemporal seizures, ictal PET depicts ‘seizure onset zone’ with high spatial resolution even within a widespread pathology. We here depict a four year old with posterior quadrant dysplasia evaluated with ictal PET.