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18F-FDG PET in drug-resistant epilepsy due to focal cortical dysplasia type 2: additional value of electroclinical data and coregistration with MRI

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Abstract

Purpose

To assess the localizing value of 18F-FDG PET in patients operated on for drug-resistant epilepsy due to focal cortical dysplasia type 2 (FCD2).

Methods

We analysed 18F-FDG PET scans from 103 consecutive patients (52 males, 7–65 years old) with histologically proven FCD2. PET and MRI data were first reviewed by visual analysis blinded to clinical information and FCD2 location. The additional value of electroclinical data and PET/MRI coregistration was assessed by comparison with pathological results and surgical outcomes.

Results

Visual analysis of PET scans showed focal or regional hypometabolism corresponding to the FCD2 in 45 patients (44%), but the findings were doubtful or misleading in 37 patients and negative in 21. When considering electroclinical data, positive localization was obtained in 73 patients, and this increased to 85 (83%) after coregistration of PET and MRI data. Under the same conditions, MRI was positive in 61 patients (59%), doubtful in 15 and negative in 27. The additional value of PET was predominant in patients negative or doubtful on MRI, localizing the FCD2 in 35 patients (83%). Interobserver agreement correlated with the grade of hypometabolism: it was good in patients with mild to severe hypometabolism (82–95%), but moderate in those with subtle/doubtful hypometabolism (45%). The main factors influencing positive PET localization were the grade of hypometabolism and the size of the FCD2 (P < 0.0001). Misleading location (nine patients) was associated with a small FCD2 in the mesial frontal and central regions. Following limited cortical resection mainly located in extratemporal areas (mean follow-up 5.6 years), a seizure-free outcome was achieved in 94% of patients, including Engel’s class IA in 72%.

Conclusion

In this series, 18F-FDG PET contributed to the localization of FCD2 in 83% of patients. This high localizing value was obtained by integration of electroclinical data and PET/MRI coregistration. This approach may help improve the surgical outcome in extratemporal epilepsy, even in patients negative on MRI.

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  • 28 April 2018

    The original version of this article has added numbers in the text which are unnecessary. Correct line should be: “We also performed PET/MRI based surgical resections in an increasing number of MRI negative/ doubtful cases with favourable outcome.”

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank the team of SHFJ, Patrick Bodilis, Christine Baron, Brigitte Jouve, Vincent Brulon, Philippe Gervais and Thierry Le Kieffre, for performing the PET scans.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, SHFJ-CEA, 91401, Orsay, France

    Serge Desarnaud, Catherine Chiron, Vincent Lebon & Francine Chassoux

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, 75013, Paris, France

    Serge Desarnaud

  3. Department of Neuro-Imaging, Sainte-Anne Hospital, 75014, Paris, France

    Charles Mellerio

  4. Department of Nuclear Medicine, CHU Lille, 59000, Lille, France

    Franck Semah

  5. INSERM U 1171, Lille, France

    Franck Semah

  6. Department of Neurosurgery, Sainte-Anne Hospital, 1, rue Cabanis, 75014, Paris, France

    Agathe Laurent, Elisabeth Landre, Bertrand Devaux & Francine Chassoux

  7. University Paris-Descartes, 75005, Paris, France

    Elisabeth Landre, Bertrand Devaux & Francine Chassoux

  8. INSERM U 1129, 75015, Paris, France

    Catherine Chiron

  9. CEA, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    Catherine Chiron & Francine Chassoux

  10. INSERM U1023, CEA, Paris-Sud University, 91401, Orsay, France

    Francine Chassoux

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The original version of this article was revised: There were added numbers in the text which are unnecessary. Correct line should be: “We also performed PET/MRI based surgical resections in an increasing number of MRI negative/ doubtful cases with favourable outcome.”

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Desarnaud, S., Mellerio, C., Semah, F. et al. 18F-FDG PET in drug-resistant epilepsy due to focal cortical dysplasia type 2: additional value of electroclinical data and coregistration with MRI. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 45, 1449–1460 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-018-3994-3

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