Nagata T, Tanaka F, Yonekura Y, Ikeda A, Nishizawa S, Ishizu K, Okazawa H, Terada K, Mikuni N, Yamamoto I
Department of Radiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan.
Ann Nucl Med. 1995 May;9(2):59-63. doi: 10.1007/BF03164968.
Accurate localization of epileptic foci is important for pre-surgical evaluation of patients with medically intractable epilepsy, and F-18 FDG PET has been proved to be a valuable method for this purpose. To examine the clinical value with interictal brain perfusion SPECT, we performed brain perfusion SPECT of Tc-99m HMPAO by means of a high resolution SPECT camera, and compared the results with F-18 FDG PET images and MRI in 10 patients with medically intractable epilepsy. In 9 of 10 patients (90%), FDG PET images showed focal hypo-metabolism in the area corresponding with the results of electroencephalography (EEG). SPECT images, however, demonstrated hypo-perfused lesions which corresponded with hypo-metabolic lesions on FDG PET images in only 6 cases (60%). Although MRI showed abnormal findings in 8 cases, the lesions were not directly related to epileptic foci in 2 cases. In conclusion, FDG PET is a valuable tool for accurate localization of epileptic foci. Brain perfusion SPECT, however, may not always be paralleled to metabolism visualized on FDG PET images.
癫痫灶的准确定位对于药物难治性癫痫患者的术前评估至关重要,而F-18 FDG PET已被证明是实现这一目的的一种有价值的方法。为了研究发作间期脑灌注单光子发射计算机断层扫描(SPECT)的临床价值,我们使用高分辨率SPECT相机对10例药物难治性癫痫患者进行了锝-99m六甲基丙烯胺肟(Tc-99m HMPAO)脑灌注SPECT检查,并将结果与F-18 FDG PET图像及磁共振成像(MRI)进行比较。10例患者中有9例(90%),FDG PET图像显示在与脑电图(EEG)结果相对应的区域存在局灶性代谢减低。然而,SPECT图像仅在6例(60%)中显示出与FDG PET图像上代谢减低病灶相对应的灌注减低病灶。虽然MRI在8例中显示出异常发现,但其中2例的病灶与癫痫灶无直接关联。总之,FDG PET是癫痫灶准确定位的一种有价值的工具。然而,脑灌注SPECT并不总是与FDG PET图像上显示的代谢情况相符。