title: Interictal SPECT in the presurgical evaluation in epileptic patients with normal MRI or bilateral mesial temporal sclerosis.
abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity of interictal compared to ictal SPECT in the lateralization of the epileptogenic focus in refractory temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) patients that present with normal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or bilateral mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS). Thirty patients with TLE, for whom MRI examinations were normal or who presented with bilateral MTS, were retrospectively studied. Using a confidence interval of 95% and a level of significance for p-value <0.05, an estimated agreement rate of 73% with a minimum agreement rate of 57% was calculated comparing interictal and ictal SPECTs. In conclusion the interictal SPECT is only useful when associated with the ictal SPECT and does not substitute it in the localization of epileptogenic areas in patients with normal MRI or bilateral MTS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroplogy, Medicine School in São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil. neurofsiologia.hbase@famerp.br
authors.forename: Lucia H N
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Marques
authors.forename: José R L
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Ferraz-Filho
authors.forename: Mário L M
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Lins-Filho
authors.forename: Marina G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Maciel
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yoshitake
authors.forename: Sarah V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Filetti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012598:Sclerosis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D055815:Young Adult