TY - JOUR
T1 - Functional imaging in schizencephaly using [18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-d- glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) and single photon emission computed tomography with technetium-99m-hexamethyl-propyleneamine oxime (HMPAO-SPECT)
AU - Morioka, Takato
AU - Nishio, Shunji
AU - Sasaki, Masayuki
AU - Yoshida, Tsuyoshi
AU - Kuwabara, Yasuo
AU - Nagamatsu, Tazuko
AU - Fukui, Masashi
PY - 1999/10
Y1 - 1999/10
N2 - We analyzed interictal [18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography (FGD-PET) and single photon emission computed tomography with technetium-99m-hexamethyl-propyleneamine oxime (HMPAO-SPECT) in a 23-year-old female with schizencephaly. She had epilepsy and mild left hemiparesis, but was otherwise developmentally normal. We found the glucose metabolism and perfusion of the wall of the schizencephalic cleft to be identical to those of normal cerebral cortex. The wall of the transcerebral clefts, which were observed to be lined by abnormally organized gray matter as a result of a migration disorder, demonstrated gray matter metabolic activity and perfusion. FDG-PET and HMPAO-SPECT were thus found to be a useful complement to magnetic resonance imaging for evaluating schizencephaly.
AB - We analyzed interictal [18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography (FGD-PET) and single photon emission computed tomography with technetium-99m-hexamethyl-propyleneamine oxime (HMPAO-SPECT) in a 23-year-old female with schizencephaly. She had epilepsy and mild left hemiparesis, but was otherwise developmentally normal. We found the glucose metabolism and perfusion of the wall of the schizencephalic cleft to be identical to those of normal cerebral cortex. The wall of the transcerebral clefts, which were observed to be lined by abnormally organized gray matter as a result of a migration disorder, demonstrated gray matter metabolic activity and perfusion. FDG-PET and HMPAO-SPECT were thus found to be a useful complement to magnetic resonance imaging for evaluating schizencephaly.
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U2 - 10.1007/s101430050039
DO - 10.1007/s101430050039
M3 - Article
C2 - 10547006
AN - SCOPUS:0032747058
SN - 0344-5607
VL - 22
SP - 99
EP - 101
JO - Neurosurgical Review
JF - Neurosurgical Review
IS - 2-3
ER -