title: Mesiobasal versus lateral temporal lobe epilepsy: metabolic differences in the temporal lobe shown by interictal 18F-FDG positron emission tomography.
abstract: Metabolic abnormalities in the temporal lobe (TL) of 25 patients suffering from temporal lobe epilepsy of mesiobasal or lateral TL origin have been investigated using interictal [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET). The epileptogenic area was determined by ictal EEG recordings using foramen ovale and scalp electrodes in 20 patients, and by the use of stereo-electroencephalography in one patient. Four patients with structural lesions on their MRIs had noninvasive ictal surface EEG recordings. Sixteen patients had a clear-cut mesiobasal seizure onset, and in five patients the seizures originated from the lateral temporal neocortex. Twenty-four patients underwent selective surgery. Patients with temporal limbic seizures associated with mesial gliosis (n = 15) had the lowest FDG uptake in the entire TL, followed by patients with lateral temporal seizure origin (n = 5). Patients with tumors located in the mesiobasal TL (n = 5) showed, in general, only a slight decrease of glucose metabolism in all TL structures. There was no clear-cut correlation between the degree of hypometabolism and the location of EEG-defined epileptogenic focus. The metabolic pattern, however, differed between the patient groups and allowed a discrimination between patients of mesial temporal and lateral temporal seizure onset.
authors.affiliation: Neurological Department, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hajek
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Antonini
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Leenders
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Wieser
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003847:Deoxyglucose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005911:Gliosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000378:metabolism*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
chemical_list: D005462:Fluorine Radioisotopes; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D003847:Deoxyglucose; D005947:Glucose