Ictal Hyperperfusion of Cerebellum and Basal Ganglia in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: SPECT Subtraction.
- Author:
Won Chul SHIN
;
Seung Bong HONG
;
Woo Suk TAE
;
Dae Won SEO
;
Sang Eun KIM
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Cerebellar hyperperfusion;
Basal ganglia hyperperfusion;
Temporal lobe epilepsy
- MeSH:
Basal Ganglia*;
Cerebellum*;
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe*;
Frontal Lobe;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Perfusion;
Seizures;
Temporal Lobe*;
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
- From:Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
2001;35(1):12-22
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The ictal perfusion patterns of cerebellum and basal ganglia have not been systematically investigated in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Their ictal perfusion patterns were analyzed in relation with temporal lobe and frontal lobe hyperperfusion during TLE seizures using SPECT subtraction. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty-three TLE patients had interictal and ictal SPECT, video-EEG monitoring, SPGR MRI, and SPECT subtraction with MRI co-registration. RESULTS: The vermian cerebellar hyperperfusion (CH) was observed in 26 patients (78.8%) and hemispheric CH in 25 (75.8%). Compared to the side of epileptogenic temporal lobe, there were seven ipsilateral hemispheric CH (28.0%), fifteen contralateral hemispheric CH (60.0%) and three bilateral hemispheric CH (12.0%). CH was more frequently observed in patients with additional frontal hyperperfusion (14/15, 93.3%) than in patients without frontal hyperperfusion (11/18, 61.1%). The basal ganglia hyperperfusion (BGH) was seen in 11 of the 15 patients with frontotemporal hyperperfusion (73.3%) and 11 of the 18 with temporal hyperperfusion only (61.1%). In 17 patients with unilateral BGH, contralateral CH to the BGH was observed in 14 (82.5%) and ipsilateral CH to BGH in 2 (11.8%) and bilateral CH in 1 (5.9%). CONCLUSION: The cerebellar hyperperfusion and basal ganglia hyperperfusion during seizures of TLE can be contralateral, ipsilateral or bilateral to the seizure focus. The presence of additional frontal or basal ganglia hyperperfusion was more frequently associated with contralateral hemispheric CH to their sides. However, temporal lobe hyperperfusion appears to be related with both ipsilateral and contralateral hemispheric CH.
