Open AccessIctal PET in presurgical workup of refractory extratemporal epilepsy
Author(s) -
Javeria Nooraine,
Rajesh B Iyer,
S. Raghavendra
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/0972-2327.120475
Subject(s) - ictal , medicine , cortical dysplasia , epilepsy , refractory (planetary science) , ictal interictal spect analysis by spm , epilepsy surgery , quadrant (abdomen) , radiology , nuclear medicine , surgery , psychiatry , physics , astrobiology
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.