title: [The role of MRT in detecting the cause of therapy-refractory partial complex epilepsy].
abstract: MRT is of considerable significance in the investigation of epilepsy because of its ability to render soft tissue contrast for the demonstration of structural lesions. The present retrospective study consists of an analysis of MRT findings in operatively confirmed, circumscribed temporal tumours and in hippocampal sclerosis. The examinations were performed under standard conditions using T1- and T2-weighted spin-echo sequences of the head and coronal T2-weighted gradient-echo sequences of the brain stem. The diagnosis of tumours was extremely accurate (22/23) and specific (18/23) whereas hippocampal sclerosis could not be satisfactorily demonstrated (5/18). The use of intravenous contrast medium did not provide any advantages.
authors.affiliation: Radiologische Klinik, Universität Bonn.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Layer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burkhard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: von Smekal
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schnakenberg
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Kuhl
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bootsveld
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Steudel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reiser
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003287:Contrast Media; D017029:Epilepsy, Complex Partial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005682:Gadolinium; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012598:Sclerosis
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D005682:Gadolinium; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA
vernacular_title: Zur Rolle der MRT beim Nachweis der Ursache therapierefraktärer partiell-komplexer Epilepsien.