title: Epilepsy: disappearing lesions appearing in the United Kingdom.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Investigation of spontaneously resolving lesions associated with epilepsy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Observational study during one year.
  
  
  METHODS
  One neurology department.
  
  
  METHODS
  4 cases in patients (one of Indian parents, one African, one white English, and one Afro-Caribbean) resident in the United Kingdom, who presented with transient epilepsy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Findings on computed tomography and on screening for infections.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In all four cases a small mass lesion in one cerebral hemisphere was observed on computed tomography, which resolved after 9, 4, 3 and 1.5 months respectively without surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The number of cases seen in one year suggests that the lesions may be more common in the United Kingdom than previously recognised and that research into their cause is warranted.
authors.affiliation: Neurology Department, Atkinson Morley's Hospital, London.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D006113:United Kingdom; D014900:West Indies / Q000208:ethnology