MR imaging and positron emission tomography of cortical heterotopia

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1985 Nov-Dec;9(6):1137-9. doi: 10.1097/00004728-198511000-00031.

Abstract

Heterotopia of the gray matter is a developmental malformation in which ectopic cortex is found in the white matter of the brain. A case of a 33-year-old man with cortical heterotopia who had a lifelong history of seizures and psychomotor retardation is reported, including the results of cerebral CT, magnetic resonance imaging, and positron emission tomography using 18F-2-deoxyglucose.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Cerebral Cortex*
  • Choristoma / diagnosis*
  • Deoxyglucose
  • Fluorine
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy*
  • Male
  • Radioisotopes
  • Seizures / diagnosis
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Radioisotopes
  • Fluorine
  • Deoxyglucose