SEIZURE-INDUCED TRANSIENT HIPPOCAMPAL ABNORMALITIES ON MR - CORRELATION WITH POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY

Authors
COX JE MATHEWS VP SANTOS CC ELSTER AD
Citation
Je. Cox et al., SEIZURE-INDUCED TRANSIENT HIPPOCAMPAL ABNORMALITIES ON MR - CORRELATION WITH POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY, American journal of neuroradiology, 16(8), 1995, pp. 1736-1738
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,"Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
American journal of neuroradiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01956108
Volume
16
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1736 - 1738
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-6108(1995)16:8<1736:STHAOM>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
We report transient focal abnormalities on MR in a patient having freq uent electrographic seizures that were not obvious clinically. Marked mass effect (confirmed with volumetric studies) and abnormal T2 signal intensity in the right hippocampal region correlated with electroence phalographic ictal activity end with increased positron-emitting radio tracer uptake in the medial temporal lobe. The follow-up MR 2 months l ater, after electroencephalography findings normalized, revealed no hi ppocampal abnormalities.