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Epileptogenic hypothalamic hamartoma is characterized by intractable gelastic seizures.A systematic analysis of the overall brain metabolic pattern in patients with hypothalamic hamartoma(HH)could facilitate the understanding of the epileptic brain networ
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Department of Neurosurgery,Xuanwu Hospital,Capital Medical University,Beijing 100053,China;China Int
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Epileptogenic hypothalamic hamartoma is characterized by intractable gelastic seizures.A systematic analysis of the overall brain metabolic pattern in patients with hypothalamic hamartoma(HH)could facilitate the understanding of the epileptic brain network and the associated brain damage effects of HH.In this study,we retrospectively evaluated 27 patients with epileptogenic HH(8 female patients;age,2-33 years)by using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography.The correlations among tomography result,seizure type,sex,and structural magnetic resonance imaging were assessed.Whole metabolic patterns and voxel-based morphometry findings were assessed by group analysis with healthy controls.Assessment of the whole metabolic pattern in patients with HH revealed several regional metabolic reductions in the cerebrum and an overall metabolic reduction in the cerebellum.In addition,areas showing hypometabolism in the neocortex were more widely distributed ipsilaterally than contralaterally to the HH.Reductions in glucose metabolism and gray matter volume in the neocortex were predominant ipsilateral to the HH.In conclusion,the glucose hypometabolism pattern in patients with epileptogenic HH involved the neocortex,subcortical regions,and cerebellum.The characteristics of glucose hypometabolism differed across seizure type and sex.Reductions in glucose metabolism and structural changes may be based on different mechanisms,but both are likely to occur ipsilateral to the HH in the neocortex.We hypothesized that the dentato-rubro-thalamic tract and cerebro-ponto-cerebellar tract,which are responsible for intercommunication between the cerebral cortex,subcortical regions,and cerebellar regions,may be involved in a pathway related to seizure propagation,particularly gelastic seizures,in patients with HH.
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