POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH DRUG RESISTANT TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY WITH DIFFERENT ICTAL PROPAGATION PATTERNS IN SCALP EEG

Objective: In presurgical evaluation, positron emission tomography with fluorodeoxyglucose-F18 (FDG-PET) is an important tool in identifying epileptogenic area. The aim of this study was to evaluate glucose metabolism in FDG-PET in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) showing ‘switch-of latera...

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Main Authors: Nermin Görkem Şirin İnan, Bedia Samancı, Ebru Yılmaz, Ayşen Zehra Gökyiğit, Betül Baykan, Rabia Candan Gürses, Nerses Bebek
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Published: Istanbul University Press 2021-04-01
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author Nermin Görkem Şirin İnan
Bedia Samancı
Ebru Yılmaz
Ayşen Zehra Gökyiğit
Betül Baykan
Rabia Candan Gürses
Nerses Bebek
author_facet Nermin Görkem Şirin İnan
Bedia Samancı
Ebru Yılmaz
Ayşen Zehra Gökyiğit
Betül Baykan
Rabia Candan Gürses
Nerses Bebek
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description Objective: In presurgical evaluation, positron emission tomography with fluorodeoxyglucose-F18 (FDG-PET) is an important tool in identifying epileptogenic area. The aim of this study was to evaluate glucose metabolism in FDG-PET in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) showing ‘switch-of lateralisation’ (SL) and ‘bilateral asynchrony’ (BA) in ictal scalp EEG and compare their results with patients with TLE and none of these patterns. Methods: Twenty-four patients with TLE showing SL and/or BA in at least one of their seizures in video-EEG monitoring and 38 patients with TLE and without these patterns who had epilepsy surgery and a follow-up at least 5-years were included. The clinical, electrophysiological and imaging features were evaluated and a statistical comparison was performed between the groups. Results: Bilateral hypometabolism was more frequent in patients with SL and/or BA (39%) than in patients without these patterns (0%, p=0.040) in parallel with bilateral interictal epileptiform discharges and bilateral abnormalities in MRI. The presence of unilateral or bilateral hypometabolism was not related to postsurgical outcome in patients with SL and/or BA. Conclusion: The possibility of low accuracy in the lateralisation of hypometabolism in FDG-PET might be interpreted cautiously in TLE with bilateral independent ictal activity like SL and BA.
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spelling doaj-art-d532ae992dfd48bc9fde34d9a544384d2025-08-20T02:15:33ZengIstanbul University Pressİstanbul Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi1305-64412021-04-0184217518010.26650/IUITFD.2020.0053123456POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH DRUG RESISTANT TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY WITH DIFFERENT ICTAL PROPAGATION PATTERNS IN SCALP EEGNermin Görkem Şirin İnan0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8792-2929Bedia Samancı1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0667-2329Ebru Yılmaz2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6025-2248Ayşen Zehra Gökyiğit3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4914-1712Betül Baykan4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3360-659XRabia Candan Gürses5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3752-1825Nerses Bebek6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4749-1471İstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Türkiyeİstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Türkiyeİstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Türkiyeİstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Türkiyeİstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Türkiyeİstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Türkiyeİstanbul Üniversitesi, İstanbul, TürkiyeObjective: In presurgical evaluation, positron emission tomography with fluorodeoxyglucose-F18 (FDG-PET) is an important tool in identifying epileptogenic area. The aim of this study was to evaluate glucose metabolism in FDG-PET in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) showing ‘switch-of lateralisation’ (SL) and ‘bilateral asynchrony’ (BA) in ictal scalp EEG and compare their results with patients with TLE and none of these patterns. Methods: Twenty-four patients with TLE showing SL and/or BA in at least one of their seizures in video-EEG monitoring and 38 patients with TLE and without these patterns who had epilepsy surgery and a follow-up at least 5-years were included. The clinical, electrophysiological and imaging features were evaluated and a statistical comparison was performed between the groups. Results: Bilateral hypometabolism was more frequent in patients with SL and/or BA (39%) than in patients without these patterns (0%, p=0.040) in parallel with bilateral interictal epileptiform discharges and bilateral abnormalities in MRI. The presence of unilateral or bilateral hypometabolism was not related to postsurgical outcome in patients with SL and/or BA. Conclusion: The possibility of low accuracy in the lateralisation of hypometabolism in FDG-PET might be interpreted cautiously in TLE with bilateral independent ictal activity like SL and BA.https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/0CB6565F6B2946959FE02EC6161498DFtemporal lobe epilepsyictal propagation patternsswitch-of lateralisationbilateral asynchronyfdg-petfunctional imaging
spellingShingle Nermin Görkem Şirin İnan
Bedia Samancı
Ebru Yılmaz
Ayşen Zehra Gökyiğit
Betül Baykan
Rabia Candan Gürses
Nerses Bebek
POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH DRUG RESISTANT TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY WITH DIFFERENT ICTAL PROPAGATION PATTERNS IN SCALP EEG
İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi
temporal lobe epilepsy
ictal propagation patterns
switch-of lateralisation
bilateral asynchrony
fdg-pet
functional imaging
title POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH DRUG RESISTANT TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY WITH DIFFERENT ICTAL PROPAGATION PATTERNS IN SCALP EEG
title_full POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH DRUG RESISTANT TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY WITH DIFFERENT ICTAL PROPAGATION PATTERNS IN SCALP EEG
title_fullStr POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH DRUG RESISTANT TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY WITH DIFFERENT ICTAL PROPAGATION PATTERNS IN SCALP EEG
title_full_unstemmed POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH DRUG RESISTANT TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY WITH DIFFERENT ICTAL PROPAGATION PATTERNS IN SCALP EEG
title_short POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH DRUG RESISTANT TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY WITH DIFFERENT ICTAL PROPAGATION PATTERNS IN SCALP EEG
title_sort positron emission tomography in patients with drug resistant temporal lobe epilepsy with different ictal propagation patterns in scalp eeg
topic temporal lobe epilepsy
ictal propagation patterns
switch-of lateralisation
bilateral asynchrony
fdg-pet
functional imaging
url https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/0CB6565F6B2946959FE02EC6161498DF
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