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Upper cerebellar glucose hypermetabolism in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and interictal psychosis

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Psychosis is an important comorbidity in epilepsy, but its pathophysiology is still unknown. The imaging modality 18F‐fluorodeoxyglucose‐positron emission tomography (18F‐FDG PET) is widely used to measure brain glucose metabolism, and… Click to show full abstract

Psychosis is an important comorbidity in epilepsy, but its pathophysiology is still unknown. The imaging modality 18F‐fluorodeoxyglucose‐positron emission tomography (18F‐FDG PET) is widely used to measure brain glucose metabolism, and we speculated that 18F‐FDG PET may detect characteristic alteration patterns in individuals with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and psychosis.

Keywords: lobe epilepsy; temporal lobe; upper cerebellar; epilepsy; psychosis

Journal Title: Epilepsia Open
Year Published: 2022

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