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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==MRI== | ==MRI== | ||
* MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of epilepsy. Findings on MRI suggestive epileptic seizure include: | |||
** mesial temporal sclerosis | |||
** sequelae of head injury | |||
** congenital anomalies | |||
** brain tumors | |||
** cysticercosis | |||
** vascular lesions | |||
** strokes | |||
** cerebral degeneration | |||
** neoplasms | |||
NOTE: About 50 percent of epileptic patients have normal MRI.<ref name="pmid23925763">{{cite journal |vauthors=Hakami T, McIntosh A, Todaro M, Lui E, Yerra R, Tan KM, French C, Li S, Desmond P, Matkovic Z, O'Brien TJ |title=MRI-identified pathology in adults with new-onset seizures |journal=Neurology |volume=81 |issue=10 |pages=920–7 |date=September 2013 |pmid=23925763 |doi=10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182a35193 |url=}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Fahimeh Shojaei, M.D.
Overview
MRI
- MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of epilepsy. Findings on MRI suggestive epileptic seizure include:
- mesial temporal sclerosis
- sequelae of head injury
- congenital anomalies
- brain tumors
- cysticercosis
- vascular lesions
- strokes
- cerebral degeneration
- neoplasms
NOTE: About 50 percent of epileptic patients have normal MRI.[1]
References
- ↑ Hakami T, McIntosh A, Todaro M, Lui E, Yerra R, Tan KM, French C, Li S, Desmond P, Matkovic Z, O'Brien TJ (September 2013). "MRI-identified pathology in adults with new-onset seizures". Neurology. 81 (10): 920–7. doi:10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182a35193. PMID 23925763.