Differentiation of Medial or Lateral Temporal Lobe Epilepsy by F-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography: Comparative Study with Magnetic Resonance Imaging in 113 Surgically and Pathologically Proven Patients

F-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose 양전자단층촬영을 이용한 내외측 측두엽간질의 감별: 수술과 병리 소견으로 확진한 113예에서 자기공명영상과 비교 분석

Purpose: As mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) shows hypometabolism of medial and lateral temporal lobe, we investigated whether symmetric uptake of F-18-FDG in medial temporal lobes can differentiate mesial from lateral TLE. Materials and Methods: In 113 patients (83 mesial TLE, 30 lateral TLE) who underwent anterior temporal lobectomy and/or corticectomy with good surgical outcome, we performed F-18-FDG PET and compared F-18-FDG uptake of medial and lateral temporal lobes. All the patients with mesial TLE had hippocampal sclerosis except one congenital abnormal hippocampus. Patients with lateral TLE revealed cerebromalacia, microdysgenesis, arteriovenous malformation, old contusion, and cortical dysplasia. Results: Sensitivity of F-18-FDG PET and MR for mesial TLE was 84% (70/83) and 73% (61/83), respectively. Sensitivity of F-18-FDG PET and MR for lateral TLE was 90% (27/30) and 66% (20/30), respectively. Twelve patients were normal on F-18-FDG PET. 101 patients had hypometabotism of lateral temporal lobe. Among 88 patients who showed hypometabolism of medial temporal lobe as well as lateral temporal lobe, 70 were mesial TLE patients and 18 were lateral TLE on pathologic examination. Positive predictive value of medial temporal hypometabolism for mesial TLE was 80%. Among 13 patients who showed hypometabolism of only lateral temporal lobe, 4 were mesial TLE and 9 were lateral TLE. Positive predictive value of hypometabolism of lateral temporal lobe for the diagnosis of lateral TLE was 69% (9/13). Normal MR findings stood against medial TLE, whose negative predictive value was 66%. Conclusion: Lateral temporal lobe epilepsy should be suspected when there is decreased F-18-FDG uptake in lateral temporal lobe with normal uptake in medial temporal lobe.

목적: 내측성 측두엽간질일 때 내측 측두엽의 F-l8-FDG 섭취가 감소하므로 외측 측두엽에만 F-18-FDG 섭취가 감소한 소견으로 내측성 측두엽간질과 외측성 측두엽간질을 감별할 수 있는지 조사하였다. 대상 및 방법: 113명의 측두엽간질 환자를 병리 소견과 수술 후 경과를 확인하여 내측성 측두엽간질과 외측성 측두엽간질로 나누었다. 결과: 내측성 측두엽간질을 진단하는 MR의 성능은 73% (61/83), F-18-FDG PET의 성능은 86% (70/83, p=0.014)였고 외측성 측두엽간질을 진단하는 MR의 진단성능은 66% (20/30), F-18-FDG PET의 성능은 90% (27/30, p=0.02)였다. 12명은 F-18-FBG PET소견이 정상이었다. 101명은 외측 측두엽에 대사가 감소하였고 88명은 내측 측두엽에도 대사가 감소하였으며 13명은 외측 측두엽에만 대사가 감소하였다. F-18-FDG PET에 내측 측두엽에 대사가 감소하였다는 소견으로 내측성 측두엽간질임을 예측하는 예측률은 88% (70/88)였고 F-18-FDG PET에 외측 측두엽만 대사가 감소되었고 내측 측두엽은 대칭으로 보인다는 소견으로 외측성 측두엽간질을 진단하는 성능은 69% (9/13)였다. 결론: F-18-FDG PET에 내측 측두엽 대사가 감소하지 않고 외측 측두엽만 대사가 감소한 것을 보고 외측성 측두엽간질임을 감별할 수 있었다.