Focal cortical dysplasia of the temporal lobe with late-onset partial epilepsy: serial quantitative MRI

Citation
J. Rademacher et al., Focal cortical dysplasia of the temporal lobe with late-onset partial epilepsy: serial quantitative MRI, NEURORADIOL, 42(6), 2000, pp. 430-435
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
NEURORADIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00283940 → ACNP
Volume
42
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
430 - 435
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3940(200006)42:6<430:FCDOTT>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
We describe serial studies of focal cortical dysplasia causing temporal lob e seizures and progressive aphasia in a 54-year-old woman. Initially, MRI v olumetry of the temporal lobes showed significant left cortical thickening corresponding to an elevated amino-acid uptake in the left temporoparietal and inferior frontal cortex on SPECT using 3-[I-123]iodo-alpha-methyl-L-tyr osine (IMT). After 1 year there was severe shrinkage of the left temporal l obe, possibly the result of recurrent complex partial seizures.