Surgically correctable lesions detected by CT in 143 patients with chronic epilepsy.
CT findings justified surgical intervention in four young patients who had suffered from intractable epilepsy for many years. Previous non-invasive and invasive neurodiagnostic procedures with these patients had failed to show focal cerebral lesions amenable to surgical treatment. All four patients achieved significant relief from seizures after the operations.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005911:Gliosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed