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Thalamic Hyperintensity on Diffusion-Weighted MRI in a Patient with Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus
We present a 70-year-old woman with nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) with thalamic hyperintensity on diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI). She had no previous history of epilepsy. Her altered mentality was not normalized though we successfully controlled the ictal activity by standard treatment. Init...
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Korean Epilepsy Society
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3957314/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24649469 http://dx.doi.org/10.14581/jer.13006 |
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author | Koo, Dae Lim Jeong, Han-gil Nam, Hyunwoo |
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description | We present a 70-year-old woman with nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) with thalamic hyperintensity on diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI). She had no previous history of epilepsy. Her altered mentality was not normalized though we successfully controlled the ictal activity by standard treatment. Initial DWI showed diffuse hyperintensity in the right thalamus, which raised the possibility of seizure-related change. At the follow-up DWI, more localized high signal intensity lesion was present in the right pulvinar area. There was no apparent cause of her NCSE despite our extensive work-ups. The authors suggest that transient ischemia is a possible causative pathomechanism in this case. |
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spelling | pubmed-39573142014-03-19 Thalamic Hyperintensity on Diffusion-Weighted MRI in a Patient with Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus Koo, Dae Lim Jeong, Han-gil Nam, Hyunwoo J Epilepsy Res Case Report We present a 70-year-old woman with nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) with thalamic hyperintensity on diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI). She had no previous history of epilepsy. Her altered mentality was not normalized though we successfully controlled the ictal activity by standard treatment. Initial DWI showed diffuse hyperintensity in the right thalamus, which raised the possibility of seizure-related change. At the follow-up DWI, more localized high signal intensity lesion was present in the right pulvinar area. There was no apparent cause of her NCSE despite our extensive work-ups. The authors suggest that transient ischemia is a possible causative pathomechanism in this case. Korean Epilepsy Society 2013-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3957314/ /pubmed/24649469 http://dx.doi.org/10.14581/jer.13006 Text en Copyright © 2013 Korean Epilepsy Society This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Koo, Dae Lim Jeong, Han-gil Nam, Hyunwoo Thalamic Hyperintensity on Diffusion-Weighted MRI in a Patient with Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus |
title | Thalamic Hyperintensity on Diffusion-Weighted MRI in a Patient with Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus |
title_full | Thalamic Hyperintensity on Diffusion-Weighted MRI in a Patient with Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus |
title_fullStr | Thalamic Hyperintensity on Diffusion-Weighted MRI in a Patient with Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus |
title_full_unstemmed | Thalamic Hyperintensity on Diffusion-Weighted MRI in a Patient with Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus |
title_short | Thalamic Hyperintensity on Diffusion-Weighted MRI in a Patient with Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus |
title_sort | thalamic hyperintensity on diffusion-weighted mri in a patient with nonconvulsive status epilepticus |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3957314/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24649469 http://dx.doi.org/10.14581/jer.13006 |
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