Transient restricted diffusion of corpus callosum and subcortical white matter following febrile status epilepticus.
We describe the case of a 4½-year-old girl with prolonged febrile status followed by abnormal behavior and loss of speech. Interesting findings on diffusion-restricted imaging were noted. The clinicoradiologic possibilities are discussed.
Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Puneet
P
Jain
Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, New Delhi, India sharma.suvasini@gmail.com.
Suvasini
S
Sharma
Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Dhulika
D
Dhingra
Department of Pediatrics, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Satinder
S
Aneja
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000503:physiopathology*; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D066127:White Matter / Q000503:physiopathology*
AESD; MERS; diffusion weighted imaging; febrile status epilepticus; peri-ictal MRI