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Published on: March 19, 2021
MRI abnormalities following repeated and incoming seizures
Barbara Palmeri1, Simona Talamanca, Paolo Ragonese
1Dipartimento di Biomedicina Sperimentale e Neuroscienze Cliniche, University of Palermo, Via Gaetano La Loggia 1, 90129 Palermo, Italy.
Abstract:
Neuroimaging, an important diagnostic tool frequently used in the evaluation of patients with epilepsy, has mainly the aim to identify structural abnormalities needing a treatment and to contribute to the definition of the aetiology. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in epilepsy is more sensitive than computerized tomography (CT) scan for detecting abnormalities. Status epilepticus (SE) and repeated incoming seizures may determine extensive and transient or long lasting pronounced MRI changes. We describe a case of a 41-year-old woman with a history of brain neoplasm, whose contrast-enhanced MRI images following repeated and incoming seizures were characterized either by reversible and irreversible abnormalities.
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