Investigating Epilepsy: CT and MRI in Epilepsy
Journal Title: Nepal Journal of Neuroscience - Year 2004, Vol 1, Issue 2
Abstract
10-20% of all epilepsy is intractable, despite treatment with antiepileptic medications to therapeutic levels. Accurate preoperative localization of the epileptic focus helps significantly in the intraoperative localization of lesion which ultimately determines postoperative control of seizures in a large number of patients treated surgically. Proliferation of cross-sectional imaging techniques over the last several decades has transformed the understanding, evaluation, and management of patients with epilepsy. Commonly applied imaging techniques range from anatomic modalities of computerized tomography (CT) and especially magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to modalities reflecting metabolism or function including nuclear medicine based examinations as well as MRI based examinations. This article is a review of the application of CT and MRI in the evaluation of epilepsy.
Authors and Affiliations
Daniel K. Hallam, MD, MSEE
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP382361
- DOI -
- Views 130
- Downloads 0
Calcified Spinal Cord Meningioma ‘stone’: Case Report
We report a case of a patient who presented with Brown Sequard Syndrome as a consequence of a large intradural, extramedullary meningioma. Intraoperatively the rare finding of a complete stone was made. To the author’s k...
Immunohistochemistry: A Basic Need or a Luxury?
Editorial
Management of Pyogenic Brain Abscess in Children: Review of 50 Cases
The objective of this study was to review the clinical, radiological, bacteriological and operative characteristics of 50 children with brain abscess treated surgically, and to correlate these data with the final outcome...
Unilateral Sporadic Carotid Paraganglioma
Case report
SYnchronous Skull and Breast Manifestation of Primary Mesenteric Lymph Nodal Non Hodgkins Lymphoma
Case report