title: Iron in cicatrix and abnormal CT findings in a patient with posttraumatic epilepsy.
abstract: A 33-year-old male patient showed increasing frequency of seizures 12 years after a blunt head injury. From findings of x-ray computed tomography, the lesion was thought to be a benign glioma. Removal of the lesion was performed with the guidance of electrocorticography. Histological diagnosis was gliotic scar with calcification. Diffuse iron particles were detected in layers II-V of the cortex by hematoxylin and Berlin-Blue stain. These findings suggest progressing traumatic epilepsy which may be explained by the mechanism of Willmore's model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Nagoya University, School of Medicine.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuchiwaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshiko
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000473:pathology; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004834:Epilepsy, Post-Traumatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005911:Gliosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006485:Hemosiderin / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D006485:Hemosiderin; D007501:Iron