Dedicated Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sequences: Contribution in the Diagnosis of Focal Epilepsy in the Lebanese Population

Autor: Amira Zaylaa, Marwan Haddad, Abdallah Rahbani, Grace Y. Adwane, Najo A. Jomaa
Přispěvatelé: Lebanese University [Beirut] (LU), Imaging Department, Mount Lebanon Hospital, Hazmieh 1107, Lebanon, Zaylaa, Amira
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
Předmět:
focal
Population
[SDV.MHEP.PSM] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Psychiatrics and mental health
epileptogenic lesions
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
03 medical and health sciences
Epilepsy
0302 clinical medicine
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Medicine
magnetic resonance imaging
[SDV.NEU] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]
education
dedicated sequences
[SDV.IB] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Bioengineering
education.field_of_study
[SDV.BIBS] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Quantitative Methods [q-bio.QM]
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Magnetic resonance imaging
medicine.disease
[SDV.BIBS]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Quantitative Methods [q-bio.QM]
3. Good health
[SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie
hippocampal sclerosis
[SDV.MHEP.PSM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Psychiatrics and mental health
[SDV.IB]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Bioengineering
[SDV.NEU]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]
[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
cortical dysplasia
Zdroj: Journal of Health Science
Journal of Health Science, David Publishing, 2018, 6, pp.439-445. ⟨10.17265/2328-7136/2018.06.007⟩
ISSN: 2328-7136
DOI: 10.17265/2328-7136/2018.06.007⟩
Popis: International audience; There have been many advances in the diagnosis and management of focal epilepsies particularly with neuroimaging techniques and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Special MRI sequences can be employed to localize and resect the epileptogenic lesions responsible for focal epilepsy. This study aims to show the benefit of dedicated epilepsy MRI sequences in the diagnosis of focal epilepsies. A general electric 1.5 Tesla MRI machine was used with standard and special sequences. Also, a Nihon Kohden electroencephalography (EEG) machine was used. This is a prospective observational study that included 51 patients with focal epilepsies who had an initial negative brain imaging. They underwent epilepsy MRI sequences along with a prolonged video EEG monitoring to localize the lesion, and then results were analyzed statistically using SPSS 22 program. The majority of patients were males (62.75%) with a mean age of 30 years. The grand majority of patients (74.5%, p value of 0.001) had their lesion localized by the epilepsy MRI. The most commonly found pathology was mesial temporal sclerosis. A significant number of patients (23.5%) were sent for an epilepsy surgery (p value 0.002). This study shows the significant impact of dedicated epilepsy MRI sequences on the diagnosis and management of focal epilepsy in the Lebanese population.
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