Tatlidil R, Xiong J, New P, West A, Fox P
Research Imaging Center, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA.
Clin Nucl Med. 2000 Aug;25(8):591-5. doi: 10.1097/00003072-200008000-00004.
Three patients who had cerebral arteriovenous malformations underwent language mapping by positron emission tomography (PET) to identify the dominant hemisphere for language and the spatial relation of lesions to language areas.
Mapping was performed to assess the risk that surgery could cause neurologic deficits and to plan other therapeutic strategies.
The information obtained by PET language mapping changed the course of management for these patients. Two patients were treated with stereotactic radiosurgery and one patient with surgical resection.
PET imaging can be a valuable noninvasive tool for mapping the functional cortex and for preoperative planning of different treatment options in patients with arteriovenous malformations.
三名患有脑动静脉畸形的患者接受了正电子发射断层扫描（PET）语言映射，以确定语言优势半球以及病变与语言区域的空间关系。
进行映射以评估手术可能导致神经功能缺损的风险，并规划其他治疗策略。
通过PET语言映射获得的信息改变了这些患者的治疗过程。两名患者接受了立体定向放射外科治疗，一名患者接受了手术切除。
PET成像可以成为一种有价值的非侵入性工具，用于绘制功能皮层以及为动静脉畸形患者术前规划不同的治疗方案。
