Neuroimaging of epilepsy in children

Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2001 Feb;9(1):121-47, viii.

Abstract

Epilepsy is, above all, a pediatric disease. The electroclinical expression of epilepsy depends on several factors, including the presence of a subjacent brain anomaly and the age of the child. Genetic, congenital, and perinatal disorders account for most of the cases. MR imaging should identify any abnormality of the brain, in order to understand the condition and, in selected cases, to be able to treat the patient surgically.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Brain / abnormalities
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Brain Neoplasms / complications
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Child
  • Epilepsy / diagnosis
  • Epilepsy / etiology
  • Epilepsy / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*