CT scan prediction of late post-traumatic epilepsy.
Out of 233 patients admitted for head trauma during 1977-1978, 93 had a CT scan examination within the first 48 hours. Forty-nine of these had at least one clinical risk factor for post-traumatic epilepsy. Ten of this group developed post-traumatic epilepsy. In all cases early CT scan showed focal brain damage, which was related more significantly to post-traumatic epilepsy than to risk factors.
D001929:Brain Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004834:Epilepsy, Post-Traumatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed