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10094340

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-5-7
pubmed:abstractText
We report a patient with medically refractory mesial temporal lobe epilepsy treated by gamma knife radiosurgery. In lieu of a microsurgical procedure, an entorhinoamygdalohippocampectomy was performed with a gamma knife and low marginal doses (25 Gy). The clinical and imaging studies, including CT, MR imaging, 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET), and long-term follow-up MR examinations, are reported. The patient has been seizure-free since the day of treatment, with no clinical complications. MR studies accurately depicted the effect on the target structures and the transient secondary changes around them. FDG-PET scans showed decreased metabolism after gamma knife surgery throughout the anteromesial part of the epileptogenic temporal lobe. This metabolic decrease was reversible in the lateral temporal cortex. Our case suggests that gamma knife surgery is a promising tool for use as a minimally invasive approach to the treatment of epilepsy.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0195-6108
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
213-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-2-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Early and delayed MR and PET changes after selective temporomesial radiosurgery in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, La Timone Hospital, Marseille, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't