Single photon emission computed tomography-EEG relations in temporal lobe epilepsy
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Abstract
The role of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) as an independent confirmation test in presurgical evaluation of medically intractable temporal lobe epilepsy has not been critically investigated. Because spreading ictal discharges may cause a concomitant increase of cerebral blood flow in remote cerebral regions, a careful analysis of peri-injection EEG patterns and their relation to ictal SPECT may be important in evaluating the reliability of ictal SPECT. Both interictal and ictal EEG and SPECT were reviewed in 19 patients with temporal lobe epilepsy who achieved a successful seizure outcome after surgery. Patients were divided into unitemporal and bitemporal groups according to the lateralization of interictal epileptiform discharges (IED). Ictal EEG features were classified into lateralized and nonlateralized groups. The concordance between SPECT and EEG lateralizations was examined in each patient and correlated to the documented epileptogenic temporal lobe. Interictal SPECT correctly lateralized in eight of nine patients with unitemporal IED and in five of 10 patients with bitemporal IED. Ictal SPECT was highly concordant with the peri-injection ictal EEG but correctly lateralized the epileptogenic region in only 11 of 19 patients. When both pre- and postinjection EEG epochs lateralized ipsilaterally, all ictal SPECT images showed concordant lateralization. If pre- and postinjection EEG epochs were either different in lateralization or nonlateralization, ictal SPECT images often showed complex patterns of cerebral perfusion with a high incidence of false lateralization. Interictal SPECT was more sensitive and reliable in patients with unitemporal IED than in patients with bitemporal IEDs. Ictal SPECT was closely related with peri-injection EEG epochs but with frequent false lateralization. The role of ictal SPECT as an independent confirmation test in presurgical evaluation should be reappraised.
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Single photon emission computed tomography-EEG relations in temporal lobe epilepsyB. I. Lee, J. Y. Kim, W. J. Kim et al.Neurology, August 01, 1998