Journal article
Language Mapping in Pretreatment Planning of Patients with Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation: A PET Study
Clinical nuclear medicine, Vol.25(8), pp.591-595
08/2000
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200008000-00004
PMID: 10944012
Abstract
PURPOSEThree patients who had cerebral arteriovenous malformations underwent language mapping by positron emission tomography (PET) to identify the dominant hemisphere for language and the spatial relation of lesions to language areas.
METHODSMapping was performed to assess the risk that surgery could cause neurologic deficits and to plan other therapeutic strategies.
RESULTSThe information obtained by PET language mapping changed the course of management for these patients. Two patients were treated with stereotactic radiosurgery and one patient with surgical resection.
CONCLUSIONSPET imaging can be a valuable noninvasive tool for mapping the functional cortex and for preoperative planning of different treatment options in patients with arteriovenous malformations.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Language Mapping in Pretreatment Planning of Patients with Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation: A PET Study
- Creators
- ROZET TATLIDIL - From the Research Imaging Center; Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine†; and the Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery‡; The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TexasJINHU XIONGPAMELA NEWALEXANDER WESTPETER FOX
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Clinical nuclear medicine, Vol.25(8), pp.591-595
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc
- DOI
- 10.1097/00003072-200008000-00004
- PMID
- 10944012
- ISSN
- 0363-9762
- eISSN
- 1536-0229
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/2000
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984083288302771
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