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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> | 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> | ||
[[File:Mesial-temporal-sclerosis-8.jpeg|500px|none|thumb|Case courtesy of Dr Bruno Di Muzio, <a href="https://radiopaedia.org/">Radiopaedia.org</a>. From the case <a href="https://radiopaedia.org/cases/36814">rID: 36814</a>]] | |||
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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.