title: [Visual and volumetric analysis with magnetic resonance of hippocampus formations in a group of patients with clinical diagnosis of temporal lobe epilepsy].
abstract: The purpose of this study is to test the sensitivity of the volumetric analysis compared to the visual analysis of the hippocampal formations of a group of 153 patients with clinical diagnosis of temporal lobe epilepsy and candidates to temporal lobectomy, evaluated by magnetic resonance (MR), using a 0.5 Tesla machine and inversion-recovery T1-weighted images and 5 mm coronal slices. There was agreement between the prospective visual analysis and another retrospective visual analysis carried out by two independent observers (C = 0.748 and C = 0.720). There was also agreement between the retrospective analysis of the two investigators (C = 0.733). There was genuine agreement (C = 0.788) between the results of the qualitative and quantitative analyses carried out prospectively. Volume measurements showed a nonsignificant tendency to lateralize more cases of clinically presumed hippocampal atrophy. Our results confirm the reliability of a qualitative visual analysis and indicate the utility of hippocampal volumetry as a supplementary, objective and quantitative measure of hippocampal sclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Liga das Senhoras Católicas de Curitiba e do Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Brasil.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rogacheski
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mazer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: De Bittencourt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001284:Atrophy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012598:Sclerosis; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology*