What is it about?
- Incidence of PET hypermetabolism in children with medical resistant epilepsy - Association of PET hypermetabolism with high spike count (>10) - Surgical resection in region of PET hypermetabolism have favorable outcome.
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Why is it important?
Its a rare finding and very little is known about it. If identified, correlates to epileptogenic zone and helps with epilepsy surgery and good surgical outcomes.
Perspectives
I hope with this article physicians are able to identify PET hypermetabolism and relate its significance to better patient outcomes.
Dr Lalit Bansal
Nicklaus Children's Hospital
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This page is a summary of: PET hypermetabolism in medically resistant childhood epilepsy: Incidence, associations, and surgical outcome, Epilepsia, January 2016, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/epi.13311.
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