Abstract | PURPOSE: METHOD: Nineteen patients with surgically proven FCD were analyzed retrospectively. MRI was performed in all patients, and FDG-PET was performed in 17 patients. We compared the MR and FDG-PET findings of FCD according to the histologic findings that were classified into three grades. RESULTS: Four cases were classified as Grade I, 4 cases as Grade II, and 11 cases as Grade III FCD. The lesions were detected on MRI in 9 (82%) of the 11 patients with Grade III FCD and in only 1 (13%) of the 8 patients with Grade I and II FCD. Cortical hypometabolism of the lesion was revealed on FDG-PET in 6 (86%) of the 7 patients with Grade I and II FCD and in 9 (90%) of the 10 patients with Grade III FCD. The extent of the cortical abnormality was larger on FDG-PET than on MRI in 11 (65%) of the 17 patients. CONCLUSION: FDG-PET is more useful in delineating the cortical abnormality in patients with mild degrees of FCD. The extent of the lesion was larger or similar on FDG-PET compared with that of the MRI.
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Authors | S K Kim, D G Na, H S Byun, S E Kim, Y L Suh, J Y Choi, H K Yoon, B K Han |
Journal | Journal of computer assisted tomography
(J Comput Assist Tomogr)
2000 Mar-Apr
Vol. 24
Issue 2
Pg. 296-302
ISSN: 0363-8715 [Print] United States |
PMID | 10752897
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Brain Diseases
(classification, diagnostic imaging, pathology, surgery)
- Cerebral Cortex
(abnormalities, diagnostic imaging, pathology, surgery)
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
(pharmacokinetics)
- Humans
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Predictive Value of Tests
- Retrospective Studies
- Sensitivity and Specificity
- Tomography, Emission-Computed
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