| Brain CT Findings According to Seizure Type in Children with Seizure Disorder |
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Sung-Yoon Cho, Byoung-Kee Yeo, Sa-Jun Chung, Chang-Il Ahn |
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Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea |
| 간질 발작형에 따른 뇌전산화 단층촬영의 소견 |
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조성윤, 여병기, 정사준, 안창일 |
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경희대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실 |
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| Abstract |
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Detection of the organic lesion in convulsive disorder is very important for the therapeutic p-lan and the prognostic aspects. The results of brain CT in 204 children with seizure were evalu-ated in relation to the age of onset, according to seizure type, and final diagnosis of abnormal fi ndings by CT scan.
The following results were obtained.
1) Out of 204 cases, the abnormal CT findings were detected in 92(45.1%) and by aging, th-ose were decreased in frequency.
2) By classified seizure types according to ILAE, generalized seizure in 92(45.1%), partial s-eizure in 50(24.5%), special forms of epilepsy in 62(30.4%) were noted.
3) According to seizure type, 42 cases(45.7%) in generalized seizure, 37 cases(74%) in par-tial seizure, 13 cases(21%) in special forms of epilepsy were demonstrated abnormal CT fin-dings respectively. Especially, patients with simple partial seizure including West syndrome or Lennox-Gastaut syndrome revealed the high frequency of abnormal CT, but were not revealed abnormality in Rolandic seizure.
4) Diffuse atrophy was most common in generalized and partial seizure, and congenital an-omaly was most common in West syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.
5) Among the overall abnormal CT findings, congenital anomaly was most common and dif-fuse atrophy, cerebrovascular diseases, calcification, hydrocephalus, brain tumor, focal atrophy were showed in order of frequency.
Brain CT is one of the best method for detecting cerebral lesions responsible for epilepsy a-nd for determining their nature in patients with convulsive disorder, especially in patients with simple partial seizure, West syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. |
| Key Words:
Convusive disorder-seizure type-brain CT |
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