Focal cortical dysplasia of the temporal lobe with late-onset partial epilepsy: serial quantitative MRI
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J Rademacher1, A Aulich, G Reifenberger
1Department of Neurology, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf.
Abstract:
We describe serial studies of focal cortical dysplasia causing temporal lobe seizures and progressive aphasia in a 54-year-old woman. Initially, MRI volumetry 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-[123I]iodo-alpha-methyl-L-tyrosine (IMT). After 1 year there was severe shrinkage of the left temporal lobe, possibly the result of recurrent complex partial seizures.
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