UNUSUAL MRI FINDINGS AFTER STATUS EPILEPTICUS DUE TO CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE

A 4-year-old girl with status epilepticus and severe encephalopathy as sociated with cat-scratch disease is described. She had prolonged seiz ures lasting more than 2 weeks and required treatment with pentobarbit al coma. She developed unusual abnormalities on magnetic resonance ima ging scans that involved the thalami and the cortex of the temporal, p arietal, and occipital lobes. She has developed a persistent encephalo pathy manifesting as visual disturbance and frequent partial seizures.