We report a 13-year-old female with refractory frontal lobe epilepsy in whom diffusion tensor imaging was useful for exploring subtle cortical malformation. She had frequent simple partial seizures characterized by clonic movement of the right upper extremity. Conventional magnetic resonance imaging was not conclusive. A diffusion tensor imaging revealed an increased apparent diffusion coefficient and reduced anisotropy in the left frontal lobe. Positron emission tomography disclosed hypermetabolism in the adjacent area. We could identify the relatively thick cortex with an indistinct gray-white matter junction in a thin-slice T-1-weighted image. (C) 2004 by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Univ Calif San Diego, Multimodal Imaging Lab, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA
Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Psychiat, La Jolla, CA 92037 USAUniv Calif San Diego, Multimodal Imaging Lab, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA
McDonald, C. R.
Ahmadi, M. E.
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Ahmadi, M. E.
Hagler, D. J.
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Hagler, D. J.
Tecoma, E. S.
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Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Neurosci, La Jolla, CA 92037 USAUniv Calif San Diego, Multimodal Imaging Lab, La Jolla, CA 92037 USA
Tecoma, E. S.
Iragui, V. J.
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Iragui, V. J.
Gharapetian, L.
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Gharapetian, L.
Dale, A. M.
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Dale, A. M.
Halgren, E.
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Peoples Liberat Army Gen Hosp, Dept Neurol, Beijing 100853, Peoples R ChinaPeoples Liberat Army Gen Hosp, Dept Neurol, Beijing 100853, Peoples R China
Wang, Xiang-qing
Lang, Sen-yang
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Lang, Sen-yang
Hong, L. U.
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Peoples Liberat Army Gen Hosp, Dept Radiol, Beijing 100853, Peoples R ChinaPeoples Liberat Army Gen Hosp, Dept Neurol, Beijing 100853, Peoples R China
Hong, L. U.
Lin, M. A.
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Lin, M. A.
Yan-ling, M. A. O.
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Yan-ling, M. A. O.
Yang, Fei
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