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ArticleJournal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism2021

Visualizing prolonged hyperperfusion in post-stroke epilepsy using postictal subtraction SPECT.

Kazuki Fukuma, Katsufumi Kajimoto, Tomotaka Tanaka, Shigetoshi Takaya, Katsuya Kobayashi, Akihiro Shimotake, Riki Matsumoto, Akio Ikeda, Kazunori Toyoda, Masafumi Ihara

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Kazuki FukumaDepartment of Neurology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-8117-8916
Katsufumi KajimotoDepartment of Neurology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.
Tomotaka TanakaDepartment of Neurology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.
Shigetoshi TakayaDepartment of Neurology, Senri Rehabilitation Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Katsuya KobayashiDepartment of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Akihiro ShimotakeDepartment of Epilepsy, Movement Disorders and Physiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Riki MatsumotoDepartment of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Akio IkedaDepartment of Epilepsy, Movement Disorders and Physiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
Kazunori ToyodaDepartment of Cerebrovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.
Masafumi IharaDepartment of Neurology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.

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Diagnosis of post-stroke epilepsy is often challenging because of a low incidence of epileptiform abnormalities on electroencephalography (EEG). Hence, this study evaluated whether postictal subtraction single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) could visualize epileptic activity and act as a diagnostic modality in post-stroke epilepsy. Fifty post-stroke epilepsy patients, who had undergone Tc-99m-ECD SPECT twice (postictal and interictal), were enrolled. The postictal hyperperfusion area was identified by subtraction (postictal-interictal) SPECT and classified into two distribution types: superficial or deep-seated. Laterality and distribution of postictal hyperperfusion on subtraction SPECT were compared with stroke lesions, seizure symptoms, and epileptiform EEG findings. Forty-three of the 50 patients (86%) had hyperperfusion on subtraction SPECT and 26 (52%) had epileptiform EEG findings. Subtraction SPECT showed prolonged postictal hyperperfusion despite the relatively long interval between seizure end and postictal SPECT (median: 19.1 h, range: 2.2-112.5 h). The laterality of the hyperperfusion area had a high concordance rate with the laterality of stroke lesions (97.7%), seizure symptoms (91.9%), and epileptiform EEG findings (100%). Scalp EEG identified epileptiform activity more frequently in superficial type of SPECT, but less frequently in deep-seated type (both,

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overEpilepsyHumansMaleMiddle AgedStrokeTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonHyperperfusionperfusion imagingpost-stroke epilepsypost-stroke seizuressingle-photon emission computed tomography

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PMID32065077
PMCPMC7747161

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