RENATO LUIZ MARCHETTI

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  • article 8 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Ictal SPECT in Psychogenic Nonepileptic and Epileptic Seizures
    (2021) GALLUCCI-NETO, Jose; BRUNONI, Andre Russowsky; ONO, Carla Rachel; FIORE, Lia Arno; CASTRO, Luiz Henrique Martins; MARCHETTI, Renato Luiz
    Background: Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) are a common and debilitating problem in patients with epilepsy. They can be virtually indistinguishable from epileptic seizures, demanding video-electroencaphalogram monitoring, which is costly and not widely available, for differential diagnosis. Specific functional brain correlates of PNES have not been demonstrated so far. We hypothesized that PNES and epileptic seizures have distinct brain activation patterns, assessed by functional neuroimaging during ictal events of both conditions. Objective: Compare ictal brain activation patterns of PNES and epileptic seizures using single-photon emission computerized tomography. Methods: We prospectively assessed brain functional activation using single-photon emission computerized tomography 99mTc-ethyl cysteinate dimer in 26 patients with PNES, confirmed by trained psychiatrists in epileptology, who had their seizures induced by provocative tests compared with 22 age- and sex-matched subjects with temporal lobe epilepsy who underwent prolonged intensive video-electroencaphalogram monitoring. Results: In PNES patients compared with temporal lobe epilepsy group, we found a consistent increase in regional cerebral blood flow in the right precuneus (Brodmann area 7; P = 0.003) and right posterior cingulate cortex (Brodmann area 31; P = 0.001), as well as a decrease in regional cerebral blood flow in the right amygdala (P = 0.027). Conclusions: Activation of default mode network brain areas and temporoparietal junction may be a distinct feature of ictal PNES and could be explained by a disruption between movement prediction input and sensory outcome. Such information mismatch might be the neurobiological underpinning of dissociative episodes.
  • article 32 Citação(ões) na Scopus
    Emotional trauma and abuse in patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
    (2011) PROENCA, Inah Carolina Galatro Faria; CASTRO, Luiz Henrique Martins; JORGE, Carmen Lisa; MARCHETTI, Renato Luiz
    A history of childhood trauma and the presence of dissociative phenomena are considered to be the most important risk factors for psychogenic nonepileptic seizure disorder (PNESD). This case-control study investigated 20 patients with PNESD and 20 with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) diagnosed by video/EEG monitoring who were matched for gender and age. Patients with both conditions were not included in the study. Groups were evaluated for age at onset and at diagnosis, worst lifetime weekly seizure frequency, trauma history, and presence of dissociative phenomena. Age at onset (P = 0.007) and age at diagnosis (P < 0.001) were significantly higher in the PNESD group than the control group, as were the scores on the Dissociative Experiences Scale (P < 0.001) and Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (P = 0.014). Only the differences in scores on the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire subscales Emotional Neglect (P = 0.013) and Emotional Abuse (P = 0.014) reached statistical significance. Dissociative phenomena and a reported history of childhood trauma are more common in patients with PNESD than in those with TLE. However, only emotional neglect and abuse were associated with PNESD in this study.