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Positron Emission Tomography in Three Cases of Lennox‐Gastaut Syndrome
Author(s) -
Miyauchi Toshiro,
Nomura Yuuji,
Ohno Shiro,
Kishimoto Hideji,
Matsushita Masaaki
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1988.tb01168.x
Subject(s) - positron emission tomography , lennox–gastaut syndrome , temporal lobe , epilepsy , lesion , positron emission , nuclear medicine , frontal lobe , medicine , neuroscience , psychology , radiology , pathology
The true responsible lesion of Lennox‐Gastaut syndrome was not adequately elucidated. Three cases of this syndrome were investigated by using Positron Emission Tomography (PET). PET revealed the differences in the left right sides, especially the hypometabolism from the frontal to temporal regions. With this finding we supposed that the L‐G syndrome implies one type of partial epilepsy caused by damage in parts of the temporal or frontal lobe.