PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - D W Laster
AU  - J K Penry
AU  - D M Moody
AU  - M R Ball
AU  - R L Witcofski
AU  - A R Riela
TI  - Chronic seizure disorders: contribution of MR imaging when CT is normal.
DP  - 1985 Mar 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 177--180
VI  - 6
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/6/2/177.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/6/2/177.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.1985 Mar 01; 6
AB  - One hundred consecutive patients with complex partial seizures were studied by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and computed tomography (CT). Thirty-four patients had seizures of more than 5 years' duration, yet neurologic examinations and previous pre- and postinfusion CT scans had been normal. MR imaging demonstrated surgical lesions of potentially therapeutic significance in four of these 34 patients. Two patients underwent surgery with removal of a thrombosed arteriovenous malformation and a glioma. Although CT has been found to detect structural abnormalities, its yield of therapeutically significant abnormalities has been low.