CT, MRI, and PET in a case of intractable epilepsy

✍ Scribed by L. Metsähonkala; T. Äarimaa; P. Sonninen; H. Mikola; U. Ruotsalainen; J. Bergman

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 740 KB
• Volume: 12
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0256-7040
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00395100

✦ Synopsis

We report the case of a child with drug-refractory partial epilepsy in whom computed tomography showed no abnormality and magnetic resonance imaging showed a noninvasive cystic lesion in the left hippocampus. The finding in the positron emission tomography study with L-[methyl-11C]-methionine as a tracer suggested a tumor. This finding was confirmed histologically.