title: [MRI findings in a case of prolonged status epilepticus].
abstract: We report the MR imaging findings in a 20 year old woman with status epilepticus of more than 3 months duration following an episode of lymphocytic meningitis. Repeated MR examinations showed progressive symmetrical cortical lesions, followed by subcortical and basal ganglia lesions which evolved to cortical laminar necrosis and hemorrhagic necrosis with eventual subcortical cerebral atrophy. This case has similarities with animal status epilepticus models. Biological investigations were all negative. This suggests that the brain lesions may be related to the prolonged status epilepticus.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Central, 29 avenue Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 54035 Nancy Cedex. dirien@atlas.cermep.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Didelot
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kremer
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schmitt
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maillard
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gibot
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cravoisi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vespignani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bracard
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Picard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000473:pathology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications; D009336:Necrosis; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000473:pathology*