Wednesday June 2nd, 2004 14:30-16:30 Hall N/O Discussion Group Critical assessment of SPECT in the preoperative evaluation of epilepsy.

The article presents information about abstracts of various papers that will be discussed at the Discussion Group of the 6th European Congress on Epileptology that will be held on June 2, 2004. One of the papers that will be discussed is "Seizure Semiology and Ictal SPECT," by S. Asenbaum. One of the main purposes of nuclear medicine in neurology is the investigation of the epileptogenic zone (EZ) in the presurgical evaluation of patients with therapy refractory focal seizures. Other papers that will be discussed are "Ictal SPECT in Extratemporal Lobe Epilepsy: Contribution or Confusion?" by K. Tatsch and "Is There a Role for Benzodiazepine Receptor SPECT in Focal Epilepsy?" by J.O. Rinne.