Comparative Study for the Diagnostic Usefulness of Brain MRI and CT in Children with Seizure / 대한소아신경학회지
Journal of the Korean Child Neurology Society
;
(4): 61-67, 2003.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-132972
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This study was performed to know and compare the diagnostic usefulness of Magnetic Resonance Imaging(MRI) and Computed Tomography(CT) for the evaluation of patients with seizure.METHODS:
We studied retrospectively 96 children who visited Hanyang University Hospital due to seizure and took a brain CT between January 1996 and June 1999, and 60 children who visited Hanyang University Hospital due to seizure and took a brain MRI between June 1999 and March 2002. All children who were enrolled in this study divided into few groups according to seizure type and EEG findings.RESULTS:
Among 96 children who took a brain CT, 12 patients had brain abnormalities on CT, and among 60 children took a brain MRI, 13 patients had brain abnormalities on MRI. Abnormalities on CT were more frequently seen in children with focal seizure and/or focal abnormalities on EEG, but contrarily in MRI, abnormalities were more frequently seen in children with generalized seizure.CONCLUSION:
Even the MRI is more expensive to be taken than the CT, MRI isrecommended when there is a need to evaluate the causes of seizures even for thepatients with generalized seizure as a result of our study.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Seizures
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Brain
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Retrospective Studies
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Electroencephalography
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
Limits:
Child
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Child Neurology Society
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
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