MRI and F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in hemimegalencephaly

Authors
Hoffmann, KT Amthauer, H Liebig, T Hosten, N Etou, A Lehmann, TN Farahati, J Felix, R
Citation
Kt. Hoffmann et al., MRI and F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in hemimegalencephaly, NEURORADIOL, 42(10), 2000, pp. 749-752
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
NEURORADIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00283940 → ACNP
Volume
42
Issue
10
Year of publication
2000
Pages
749 - 752
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3940(200010)42:10<749:MAFPET>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We report hemimegalencephaly in a 44-year-old woman with mental retardation , epilepsy and a mild hemiparesis. In addition to typical findings on MRI, 2-deoxy-2[F-18]fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography (PET) demons trated glucose hypometabolism of the affected hemisphere. The results of PE T have been coregistered with morphological information from the MRI studie s by image fusion.