Comparative Study for the Diagnostic Usefulness of Brain MRI and CT in Children with Seizure.
- Author:
Su A SHIN
1
;
Dong Koo KIM
;
Hyun Kyung PARK
;
Nam Su KIM
;
In Joon SEOL
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. injoon@hmc.hanyang.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Comparative Study ; Original Article
- Keywords:
Magnetic resonance imaging;
Computed tomography;
Diagnostic usefulness;
Generalized seizure
- MeSH:
Brain*;
Child*;
Electroencephalography;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*;
Retrospective Studies;
Seizures*
- From:
Journal of the Korean Child Neurology Society
2003;11(1):61-67
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was performed to know and compare the diagnostic usefulness of Magnetic Resonance Imaging(MRI) and Computed Tomography(CT) for the evaluation of patients with seizure. METHODS: We studied retrospectively 96 children who visited Hanyang University Hospital due to seizure and took a brain CT between January 1996 and June 1999, and 60 children who visited Hanyang University Hospital due to seizure and took a brain MRI between June 1999 and March 2002. All children who were enrolled in this study divided into few groups according to seizure type and EEG findings. RESULTS: Among 96 children who took a brain CT, 12 patients had brain abnormalities on CT, and among 60 children took a brain MRI, 13 patients had brain abnormalities on MRI. Abnormalities on CT were more frequently seen in children with focal seizure and/or focal abnormalities on EEG, but contrarily in MRI, abnormalities were more frequently seen in children with generalized seizure. CONCLUSION: Even the MRI is more expensive to be taken than the CT, MRI isrecommended when there is a need to evaluate the causes of seizures even for thepatients with generalized seizure as a result of our study.
