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[Cerebral SPECT in partial epilepsy]

F Setoain1, F Lomeña, S Arroyo

  • 1Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona, Barcelona, 08036, España.

Revista Espanola De Medicina Nuclear
|August 29, 1998
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Peri-ictal brain SPECT (single-photon emission computed tomography) is the preferred method for localizing seizure foci in patients with medically intractable epilepsy. This technique, particularly during or immediately after a seizure, offers superior accuracy compared to interictal SPECT.

Area of Science:

  • Neurology
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Epilepsy Research

Background:

  • Accurate preoperative localization of the seizure focus is crucial for effective surgical treatment of medically intractable complex partial seizures.
  • 99mTc-HMPAO brain SPECT (single-photon emission computed tomography) shows potential in identifying epileptic foci through patterns of hypoperfusion (interictal) and hyperperfusion (ictal).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the efficacy of interictal, ictal, and postictal brain SPECT in localizing seizure foci in patients with refractory epilepsy.
  • To compare the diagnostic accuracy of different SPECT timing protocols against video-EEG monitoring as the gold standard.

Main Methods:

  • 37 patients with refractory epilepsy underwent video-EEG monitoring, MRI, and interictal and peri-ictal brain SPECT.

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  • Ictal SPECT was performed on 14 patients; postictal SPECT was obtained on the remaining 23.
  • Video-EEG served as the gold standard for seizure focus localization.

    • Main Results:

    • Interictal SPECT localized the seizure focus in 43% of patients (58.3% temporal lobe, 15.4% extratemporal).
    • Ictal SPECT demonstrated high accuracy, identifying the focus in 93% of cases (100% temporal lobe, 75% extratemporal).
    • Postictal SPECT correctly identified the focus in 52% of patients (71.4% temporal lobe, 22.2% extratemporal).

    Conclusions:

    • Interictal brain SPECT can aid in localizing temporal lobe seizures.
    • Peri-ictal SPECT, involving tracer injection during or immediately after a seizure, is the optimal SPECT imaging method for non-invasive seizure focus localization.
    • SPECT imaging, particularly peri-ictal, is a valuable tool for guiding surgical interventions in epilepsy.