Abstract:
AIMS:To investigate the nature of the unifocal cortical abnormalities on FDG positron emission tomography (PET) in children with an epileptic encephalopathy but no focal abnormality on electroencephalogram or standard magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS:Repeat FDG PET, surface rendered high resolution MRI, and single voxel magnetic resonance proton spectroscopy of the areas of abnormal metabolism compared to the contralateral side in 11 children aged 2 to 12 years. Imaging was repeated after a median of 13 months. RESULTS:Visual analysis of repeat FDG PET revealed similar abnormalities in 10 of 11 children. Semiquantitative analysis revealed similar sited abnormalities in eight children. One child with ictal hypermetabolism initially had an inconsistent second scan. Magnetic resonance spectra in three children showed the N-acetyl-aspartate/choline ratio was lower in the hypometabolic focus than in the reciprocal area on the opposite side, in two children it was higher, and in one child it was equal. Surface rendered MRI was normal in seven of eight children, and showed temporal lobe asymmetry in one. CONCLUSION:In children with established epileptic encephalopathies most hypometabolic areas on FDG PET are stable over time. While focal neuronal loss is likely in these areas in some children, microdysplasias or other focal cortical dysplasias are probable in others.
journal_name
Arch Dis Childjournal_title
Archives of disease in childhoodauthors
Parker AP,Ferrie CD,Keevil S,Newbold M,Cox T,Maisey M,Robinson ROdoi
10.1136/adc.79.1.39subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-07-01 00:00:00pages
39-43issue
1eissn
0003-9888issn
1468-2044journal_volume
79pub_type
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.82.2.144
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.58.8.631
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.63.7.854
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.2009.174581
更新日期:2010-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.67.1.103
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/adc.2004.070672
更新日期:2005-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.72.6.524
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.53.1.58
更新日期:1978-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1136/adc.2009.171553
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.67.8.1042
更新日期:1992-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.53.9.714
更新日期:1978-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.68.1.123
更新日期:1993-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.63.3.297
更新日期:1988-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.64.5.662
更新日期:1989-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.75.2.156
更新日期:1996-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.68.4.453
更新日期:1993-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2015-308283
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.60.6.547
更新日期:1985-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.51.2.120
更新日期:1976-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.70.2.143
更新日期:1994-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.59.10.996
更新日期:1984-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.2005.088781
更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.64.10.1421
更新日期:1989-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/adc.72.4.302
更新日期:1995-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2020-318971
更新日期:2020-10-16 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2017-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章,实务指引
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2013-303996
更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Archives of disease in childhood
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/archdischild-2019-318284
更新日期:2020-07-01 00:00:00