Abstract
The role of SPECT in 65 children undergoing video-EEG telemetry for intractable seizures was evaluated at Sydney Children’s Hospital, New South Wales, Australia.
Highlights
SPECT may be of value in presurgical localization of lesions in children with a normal MRI or nonlocalized epilepsy syndrome
Focal temporal lobe hypoperfusion is demonstrated on SPECT in infants with spasms, despite normal MRI (Miyazaki M et al 1994)
The optimal time of discontinuing anticonvulsant treatment in children with cryptogenic partial epilepsy was evaluated at the Universities of Chieti and Siena, Italy
Summary
SPECT may be of value in presurgical localization of lesions in children with a normal MRI or nonlocalized epilepsy syndrome. Focal temporal lobe hypoperfusion is demonstrated on SPECT in infants with spasms, despite normal MRI (Miyazaki M et al 1994). This series and others using PET are reviewed fully in Progress in Pediatric Neurology III.
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