Alteración de señal periictal transitoria en resonancia magnética de encéfalo simulando lesión estructural: Caso clínico

Translated title of the contribution: Reversible peri-ictal MRI signal changes mimicking structural lesion: Case report

I. Prudencio Lozano*, F. Sergio Soto, D. Daniel Mansilla

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Abstract

The presence seizure-induced signal changes on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have been increasingly recognized in the literature. The reversible MRI changes in epileptic patients may be the result of a local brain swelling, a defect of cerebral autoregulation and a blood-brain barrier disruption during sustained epileptogenic activity. We report a 62 years old man diagnosed with a subacute right parietal syndrome. MRI shows a tumefactive lesion in right temporo-occipital lobes mimicking a structural lesion. Electroencephalogram (EEG) exhibits continuous ictal activity in the same region. Antiepileptic drugs were started achieving progressive electro-clinical improvement. Subsequent MRI showed remission of signal changes.

Translated title of the contributionReversible peri-ictal MRI signal changes mimicking structural lesion: Case report
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)255-261
Number of pages7
JournalRevista Chilena de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Volume59
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2021

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