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Epilepsy

Patient History:

52 year-old woman with intractable seizures

 

 

Technique:

Positron Emission Tomography images of the brain using F-18 FDG

 

Findings:

Decreased FDG uptake in both temporal lobes, right worse then left but otherwise relatively symmetric

 

Impression:

Findings are skeptical for a seizure focus in the right temporal lobe

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