Initial experience with 99m Tc-hexamethyl-propylene amine oxime (HM-PAO) single photon emission computedtomography (SPECT) in patients with focal epilepsy
✍ Scribed by H. Stefan; C. Kuhnen; H.J. Biersack; K. Reichmann
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 541 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0920-1211
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✦ Synopsis
Brain single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) was performed in 16 patients with focal epilepsy, as well as EEG, using 99m Tc-HM-PAO SPECT and a rotating gamma camera system. Pathological Tc-HM-PAO SPECT findings were registered in 75%. CT was positive in 25%. MRI was positive in 76%. The results of Tc-HM-PAO SPECT findings were compared with those of CT and MRI. 61% of the MRI findings correlated with the pathological SPECT findings with respect to the side of the hemisphere, and in 75% of the patients the focal EEG abnormality and the pathological Tc-HM-PAO-SPECT findings were localized in the same hemisphere.