title: Transient splenial lesions in children with "benign convulsions with gastroenteritis".
abstract: "Benign convulsions with mild gastroenteritis (CwG)" is recognized as a benign situation-related seizure. Neuroimaging studies usually do not reveal any abnormalities. We report MRI diffusion-weighted image (DWI) findings of two patients who were clinically diagnosed with CwG. DWI demonstrated a transient abnormality in the splenium of the corpus callosum. Although viral encephalitis or encephalopathy should be carefully differentiated in patients clinically diagnosed with CwG, frequent seizures might cause transient splenial abnormality in patients with CwG.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan. junnatsu@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Natsume
authors.forename: Misako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naiki
authors.forename: Taro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokotsuka
authors.forename: Ayako
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sofue
authors.forename: Taketo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikuta
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Tamiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Negoro
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000473:pathology*; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D012640:Seizures / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology