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Utility of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in presurgical evaluation of patients with epilepsy: A multicenter study.

Mirja SteinbrennerJohn S DuncanJohn C DicksonChaturbhuj RathoreBettina WächterNafi AygunRamshekhar N MenonAshalatha RadhakrishnanMartin HoltkampMaria Ilyas-Feldmann
Published in: Epilepsia (2022)
This is the largest reported cohort of patients with DRE who received presurgical FDG-PET, showing that FDG-PET is a useful diagnostic tool. MRI-negative and MRI-positive cases with concordant FDG-PET results (with either EEG or MRI) had a comparable outcome after surgery. These findings confirm the significance of FDG-PET in presurgical epilepsy diagnostics.
Keyphrases
  • positron emission tomography
  • computed tomography
  • pet ct
  • contrast enhanced
  • pet imaging
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • diffusion weighted imaging
  • functional connectivity
  • resting state