The Role of MR Imaging in Childhood Epilepsies

Abstract

In this study, the role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in 38 cases with epilepsy in patients beween 1 and 16 years was investigated. Focal lesions were determined in 18 patients (47.3%) with electroencephalography (EEG) in which nine patients were confirmed by MRI and one patient by cranial computerized tomography (CT). Pathologic findings were determined 16 of 38 patients administered cranial MRI in whom hippocampal atrophy and cerebral hemiatrophy were the most freguent lesions shown in MRI investigations. We concluded that MRI was more sensitive than CT in the diagnosis of the epileptic focus in childhood epilepsies confirmed with EEG.