Rasmussen syndrome: Multifocal spread of inflammation suggested from MRI and PET findings

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1118-1121

  Maeda, Yumi ^a   Oguni, Hirokazu ^a   Saitou, Yoshiaki ^a   Mutoh, Ayako ^a   Imai, Kaoru ^a   Osawa, Makiko ^a   Fukuyama, Yukio ^b   Hori, Tomokatsu ^a   Yamane, Fumitaka ^a   Kubo, Osamu ^a   Ishii, Kenji ^c   Ishiwata, Kiichi ^c  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kyushu University   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

11C methionine PET; FLAIR image; Multifocal spread; Rasmussen syndrome

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; METHIONINE C 11;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSIA PARTIALIS CONTINUA; EPILEPSY; EPILEPSY, PARTIAL, MOTOR; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHIONINE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0042071357     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2003.67602.x     Document Type: Article

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