SPECT fi ndings during simple partial status epilepticus

Simple partial status epilepticus occurs more rarely than other forms of status epilepticus. This report describes two patients with temporal lobe epilepsy who experienced simple partial status epilepticus. Results show that basal ganglia and the mid-brain are activated during simple partial status epilepticus by blood perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and subtraction ictal SPECT coregistered to MRI (SISCOM). Neurology Asia 2012; 17(2) : 147 – 151 Address correspondence to: K. Sakurai, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, North 15, West 7, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan. Telephone: +81-11-716-1161 Fax: +81-11-706-5081. E-mail: [email protected] INTRODUCTION Simple partial status epilepticus (SPSE) occurs more rarely than other forms of status epilepticus. This report describes two patients with temporal lobe epilepsy who experienced SPSE, and presents an assessment of the pathophysiology of SPSE inferred from results of blood perfusion singlephoton emission computed tomography (SPECT) and subtraction ictal SPECT coregistered to MRI (SISCOM).