Ictal PET in presurgical workup of refractory extratemporal epilepsy.

Ann Indian Acad Neurol

Department of Neurology, Vikram Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

Published: October 2013

Ictal Pet in presurgical workup of refractory epilepsy is seldom performed and limited due to technical difficulties. In carefully selected patient subset with frequent extratemporal seizures, ictal PET depicts 'seizure onset zone' with high spatial resolution even within a widespread pathology. We here depict a four year old with posterior quadrant dysplasia evaluated with ictal PET.

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