Imaging of infective causes of childhood epilepsy

Volume 20 No 8 (2022)

Pranjit Thapa , Dibyajyoti Nath , Sumit Ujawane

DOI: 10.14704/nq.2022.20.8.NQ44474

Abstract

A seizure or convulsion is a paroxysmal, time limited change in motor activity and/or behaviour that results from abnormal electrical activity in the brain. Epilepsy is a chronic condition characterized by recurrent seizures unprovoked by an acute systemic or neurological insult. Radiological evaluation of seizures done mainly by computed tomography (CT) & magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MRI has been shown to be superior to CT for the detection of cerebral lesions associated with epilepsy. The advantage of CT lies in its wider availability, lower costs, less time (helpful in emergency) and compatibility with metallic implants in the patient. Aim : of the study was to evaluate causes, to elucidate infective causes of epilepsy by CT and MR Imaging, to characteristics of the different infective causes

Keywords

Epilepsy, infective, CT, MRI.

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