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MRI and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in hemimegalencephaly

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We report hemimegalencephaly in a 44-year-old woman with mental retardation, epilepsy and a mild hemiparesis. In addition to typical findings on MRI, 2-deoxy-2[18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography (PET) demonstrated glucose hypometabolism of the affected hemisphere. The results of PET have been coregistered with morphological information from the MRI studies by image fusion.

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  1. Departments of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Virchow-Klinikum, Charité, Humboldt-University, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany e-mail: karl-titus.hoffmann@charite.de Tel.: +30 45 05 70 02 Fax: +30 45 05 79 01, , , , , , DE

    K.-T. Hoffmann, H. Amthauer, T. Liebig, N. Hosten, J. Farahati & R. Felix

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Virchow-Klinikum, Charité, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany, , , , , , DE

    A. Etou & T. N. Lehmann

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  1. K.-T. Hoffmann
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Received: 14 December 1999/Accepted: 15 February 2000

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Hoffmann, KT., Amthauer, H., Liebig, T. et al. MRI and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in hemimegalencephaly. Neuroradiology 42, 749–752 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340000398

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