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.
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em Coreano
| WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
| ID: wpr-132969
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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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WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
Assunto principal:
Convulsões
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Encéfalo
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Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética
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Estudos Retrospectivos
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Eletroencefalografia
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Estudo observacional
Limite:
Criança
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Humanos
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Journal of the Korean Child Neurology Society
Ano de publicação:
2003
Tipo de documento:
Artigo