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We describe serial studies of focal cortical dysplasia causing temporal lobe seizures and progressive aphasia in a 54-year-old woman. Initially, MRI volumetry of the temporal lobes showed significant left cortical thickening corresponding to an elevated aminoacid uptake in the left temporoparietal and inferior frontal cortex on SPECT using 3-[123I]iodo-α-methyl-l-tyrosine (IMT). After 1 year there was severe shrinkage of the left temporal lobe, possibly the result of recurrent complex partial seizures.
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Received: 16 July 1999/Accepted: 20 September 1999
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Rademacher, J., Aulich, A., Reifenberger, G. et al. Focal cortical dysplasia of the temporal lobe with late-onset partial epilepsy: serial quantitative MRI. Neuroradiology 42, 430–435 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340000304
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340000304