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

Central Hospital, Nancy, France87 enrolled

Overview

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?

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Late Onset Epilepsy Alzheimer Disease

Interventions

TEP FDGDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

FDG TEP peformed in clinical routine

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 60 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

CHRU Nancy

Nancy, France

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

diagnostic performances

sensibility, specificty, accurracy

Time frame: 2 years after epilepsy onset

Secondary Outcomes

cognitive prognosis performances

sensibility, specificty, accurracy

Time frame: 2 years after epilepsy onset

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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