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Vol. 38. Issue 5.
Pages 312-315 (September - October 2019)
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Vol. 38. Issue 5.
Pages 312-315 (September - October 2019)
Clinical note
Detection of epileptogenic focus with two new methods of processing of SPECT and PET cerebral images: PET-Analysis and PISCOM
Detección del foco epileptógeno mediante dos nuevos métodos de procesamiento de imágenes SPECT y PET cerebral: PET-Analysis y PISCOM
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N. Sánchez-Izquierdoa, A. Perissinottia,
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, A. Donairec, A. Niñerola-Baizána,b, M. Mayorala, X. Setoaina,b
a Departamento de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
b Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
c Departamento de Neurología, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
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Functional neuroimaging with positron emission tomography with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG PET) and perfusion single photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) are increasingly more essential for presurgical location of the epileptogenic focus.

We present the case of an 18-year-old male with epileptic seizures refractory to antiepileptic treatment. Magnetic resonance (MR) showed dysplasia in the posterior right insular cortex. Subtraction of ictal SPECT co-registered to MR (SISCOM) detected a focal increase of uptake in the left fronto-parietal cingulate cortex and 18F-FDG PET showed normal distribution of the radiotracer.

The posterior right insula was resected with histopathological results of grade I ganglioglioma according to the World Health Organization classification. The patient made favourable post-surgical progress, and remains seizure-free after 5 years (Engel I).

Retrospective analysis of this case with two new image processing methods (PET analysis and PET interictal subtracted ictal SPECT coregistered with MR [PISCOM]) correctly localized the epileptogenic focus in the posterior right insular cortex.

Keywords:
PISCOM
PET-Analysis
SISCOM
18F-FDG PET
Perfusion SPECT
Epilepsy
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La neuroimagen funcional de la PET con 18F-FDG y la SPECT de perfusión son exploraciones cada vez más imprescindibles para la localización prequirúrgica del foco epileptógeno.

Presentamos el caso de un paciente varón de 18 años con crisis epilépticas refractarias a tratamiento antiepiléptico. La RM mostró displasia en córtex insular posterior derecho. El SISCOM detectó un aumento focal de captación en cíngulo frontoparietal izquierdo y en la PET-FDG se visualizaba una distribución normal del radiotrazador.

Se realizó resección insular posterior derecha, cuyo resultado anatomopatológico fue ganglioglioma grado I de la clasificación de la OMS. El paciente mostró una evolución posquirúrgica favorable, encontrándose libre de crisis desde hace 5 años (Engel I).

Un análisis retrospectivo de este caso con 2 nuevos métodos de procesamiento de imágenes: PET-Analysis y PISCOM, permitió localizar correctamente el foco epileptógeno en córtex insular posterior derecho.

Palabras clave:
PISCOM
PET-Analysis
SISCOM
18F-FDG PET
SPECT perfusión
Epilepsia

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