Discard the Curative Causes of Late Onset Epilepsy: the Role of Brain 18F-FDG PET

Discard the Curative Causes of Late Onset Epilepsy: the Role of Brain 18F-FDG PET

Etiology and cognitive prognosis in late onset epilepsy differ from young adults epilepsy. At the epilepsy onset, this is crucial to detect potential curative/treatable brain disorders. After classical investigation including morphological brain imaging, EEG, clinical assessment, which added value may have brain FDG PET in the diagnosis and prognosis evaluation?

Inclusion Criteria:

• late onset épilepsy patients without lesion
• epilepsy followed at the CHRU Nancy france

Exclusion Criteria:

• epilepsy explained by cortical lesion
• severe psychiatric disorders
• severe addiction (alcool, drugs)
• no FDG TEP performed
• no neuropsychological assessement after 2 years epilepsy onset