Aguilar-Olivos NE, Muñoz-Monterd M, García-Reyna JC, Munive-Baez L, Pla-Casamitjana C, Roldán-Valadez E

Language: Spanish
References: 9
Page: 28-31
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ABSTRACT

A 16 year old woman with history of febrile seizures in her childhood. She began 3 months before with neuropsychiatric disorders and complex partial seizures. Multiple anatomical and functional studies were performed to diagnose mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis (MTLE-HS). MTLE-HS is the most frequent cause of refractory epilepsy. The classical MRI findings of MTLE-HS include hippocampus atrophy and hiperintensity in the long TR sequences (FLAIR and T2). Functional studies provide complementary diagnostic and prognostic information. An evaluation is made by way of case problem.

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