%0 Journal Article %A Mehdi Djekidel %T 18F-FDG PET imaging predicts the epileptogenic zone prospectively in recurrent cryptogenic meningoencephalitis and with subsequent simple partial visual seizures %D 2020 %R 10.2967/jnmt.120.252866 %J Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology %P jnmt.120.252866 %X 18F-FDG PET scans have proven to be useful in the diagnosis and management of encephalitis patients. 18F-FDG PET scans are also standard of care in the evaluation of the pre-surgical epilepsy patient. Encephalitis patients that later on develop epilepsy may have useful imaging findings at the time of diagnosis. We present a case of 18F-FDG PET imaging in a patient with recurrent cryptogenic meningoencephalitis. 18F-FDG PET imaging after resolution of the encephalitis revealed hypometabolism in previous hypermetabolic areas. Hence, the initial 18F-FDG PET scan prospectively predicted the epileptogenic zone/seizure onset zone (EZ/SOZ) %U https://tech.snmjournals.org/content/jnmt/early/2020/11/20/jnmt.120.252866.full.pdf