Pilar Bosque Varela, Lukas Machegger, Andreas Oellerer, Jürgen Steinbacher, Mark McCoy, Johannes Pfaff, Eugen Trinka, Giorgi Kuchukhidze
BACKGROUND: Peri-ictal MRI abnormalities (PMA) frequently affect the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, pulvinar of the thalamus, corpus callosum, and cerebellum. In this prospective study, we aimed to characterize the spectrum of PMA in a large cohort of patients with status epilepticus. METHODS: We prospectively recruited 206 patients with SE and an acute MRI. The MRI protocol included diffusion weighted imaging (DWI), fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR), arterial spin labeling (ASL), and T1-weighted imaging pre-and post-contrast application...
February 17, 2023: Epilepsy & Behavior: E&B