PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mehdi Djekidel
TI  - <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET imaging predicts the epileptogenic zone prospectively in recurrent cryptogenic meningoencephalitis and with subsequent simple partial visual seizures
AID  - 10.2967/jnmt.120.252866
DP  - 2020 Nov 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - jnmt.120.252866
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/early/2020/11/20/jnmt.120.252866.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/early/2020/11/20/jnmt.120.252866.full
AB  - 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)