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Ictal and Interictal Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography in a Patient With Benign Familial Infantile Convulsions
Author(s) -
Nagase Tomoko,
Takahashi Yukitoshi,
Iida Satoko,
Masue Michiya,
Okamoto Hiroyuki,
Kondo Naomi
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of neuroimaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1552-6569
pISSN - 1051-2284
DOI - 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2002.tb00096.x
Subject(s) - ictal , medicine , electroencephalography , single photon emission computed tomography , epilepsy , ictal interictal spect analysis by spm , focus (optics) , emission computed tomography , frontal lobe , radiology , nuclear medicine , perfusion , psychiatry , physics , optics
Ictal and interictal single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and ictal electroencephalography (EEG) were studied in a 3‐month‐old girl with benign familial infantile convulsions (BFIC) to reveal the epileptic focus. There was bilateral diffuse propagation from a left frontal lobe focus on the ictal EEG. Perfusion in the left frontal region was increased on ictal SPECT and decreased on interictal SPECT. Epileptic foci of BFIC showed the same characteristics as foci of symptomatic partial epilepsy.