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ArticleSisli Etfal Hastanesi tip bulteni2020

Evaluation of Magnetic Resonance (MR) Findings in Patients with Refractory Epilepsy.

Fatma Cetinkaya Cat, Mehmet Sait Okan

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Article in Sisli Etfal Hastanesi tip bulteni, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Fatma Cetinkaya CatDepartment of Child Health and Diseases, Gaziosmanpasa Taksim Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Mehmet Sait OkanDepartment of Pediatric Neurology, Uludag University Faculty of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey.
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Abstract

objectivesEpilepsy is characterized as a tendency towards recurrent seizures and it is a significant health problem in the world and one of the most common severe neurologic disorders among children. This study aims to evaluate the outcome of magnetic resonance imaging in determining the etiology in patients with refractory epilepsy and to reveal pathologies that may have the potential to be treated with methods, such as epileptic surgery.

methodsData were obtained from the patient files of the patients diagnosed with epilepsy and monitored for at least two years between 01.01.2009-12.31.2012 in the Uludag Faculty of Medicine, the Division of the Pediatric Neurology. File records of the patients, age, sex and MRI findings of the patients were recorded.

resultsOne hundred twenty were girls (49%) and 125 were male (51%) of the cases. The age range ranged from 1 to 18 years and the median value was 8.3 (1-18) years. One hundred twenty of the 245 patients who met the diagnostic criteria for resistant epilepsy was found as well controlled. In patients with resistant epilepsy, the findings of these two groups of patients were compared concerning MR findings. Among all patients, 154 (62.8%) patients were found to have MR pathology. Of these patients, 83 (53.9%) were in the resistant group and 71 (46.1%) were in the well-controlled group. There was no significant difference in the presence of MR findings between the two groups (p=0.354). The highest incidence (24.8%) of the encephalomalacia in patients in the resistant group may explain the association of perinatal hypoxia with resistance development.

conclusionIf patients with epilepsy can be predicted early in the disease, which group of the patients will not respond well to medical treatment; unlike other patients, different treatment modalities, such as antiepileptic use, vagal nerve stimulation, ketogenic diet and epilepsy surgery, can be applied to this group of the patients. We think that clinicians can guide the planning of treatment of the MR findings.

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Childepilepsymagnetic resonanceresistant epilepsy

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