MR-monitored remitting-relapsing pattern of cortical involvement in Rasmussen syndrome: comparative evaluation of serial MR and PET/SPECT features.
We report the serial MR and PET/SPECT findings in a 2 1/2-year-old boy presenting with Rasmussen syndrome and highlight the close qualitative correlations between the results of the imaging modality and the functional isotopic techniques. The latter demonstrated a wider field of extension of the disease process. Routine MRI demonstrated its ability to detect brain changes matching the more sensitive PET and SPECT data and correlated well with the clinical evolution.
Duprez
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Department of Medical Imaging, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
Grandin
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Gadisseux
J F
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De Volder
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Thauvoy
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Keyeux
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Evrard
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D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D013577:Syndrome; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon