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TUTORIAL: Clinical PET Case 3 - Neurology

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Clinical History

9 month old female with infantile spasms and intractable seizures. Negative workup for epilepsy localization. EEG demonstrates hypsarrhythmia.

PET was requested to determine whether there is an epileptogenic focus for resection.

Imaging

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  • Diagnosis

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  • Epileptic foci are evident
  • No clear epileptic foci are evident