Published October 2000 | Version v1
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MRI and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in hemimegalencephaly

Creators

  • 1. Departments of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Virchow-Klinikum, Charite, Berlin (Germany)
  • 2. PET-Centre Berlin, Virchow-Klinikum, Charite, Humboldt-University, Berlin (Germany)
  • 3. Department of Neurosurgery, Virchow-Klinikum, Charite, Humboldt-University, Berlin (Germany)

Description

We report hemimegalencephaly in a 44-year-old woman with mental retardation, epilepsy and a mild hemiparesis. In addition to typical findings on MRI, 2-deoxy-2[18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography (PET) demonstrated glucose hypometabolism of the affected hemisphere. The results of PET have been coregistered with morphological information from the MRI studies by image fusion. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Neuroradiology
Journal Volume
42
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 749-752
ISSN
0028-3940
CODEN
NRDYAB

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
Germany
INIS RN
31059073
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS; FLUORINE 18; IMAGES; LABELLED COMPOUNDS; NMR IMAGING; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SKULL
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUORINE ISOTOPES; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MALFORMATIONS; NANOSEC LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; RADIOISOTOPES; SKELETON; TOMOGRAPHY

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Notes
With 3 figs.