RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET imaging predicts the epileptogenic zone prospectively in recurrent cryptogenic meningoencephalitis and with subsequent simple partial visual seizures
JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol.
FD Society of Nuclear Medicine
SP jnmt.120.252866
DO 10.2967/jnmt.120.252866
A1 Mehdi Djekidel
YR 2020
UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/early/2020/11/20/jnmt.120.252866.abstract
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)