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| Year : 2021 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 137-142 |
Brain perfusion, hippocampal volumetric, and diffusion-weighted imaging findings in children with prolonged febrile seizures and focal febrile seizures
Seema Rohilla1, Aditya Duhan1, Kiran Bala2, Jaya Shankar Kaushik3
1 Department of Radiodiagnosis, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India
2 Department of Neurology, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India
3 Department of Pediatrics, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Seema Rohilla
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak 124001, Haryana.
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jpn.JPN_87_20
Background: The current study was conducted to describe the findings of brain perfusion, hippocampal volumetric, and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in children aged six months to seven years with febrile status epilepticus (FSE) and focal febrile seizures (FFS) when compared with age and gender-matched controls. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among children aged six months to seven years presenting with FSE or FFS within 72 h of the seizure. Cases were subjected to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain and sleep-deprived electroencephalography. Age and gender-matched children who were subjected to MRI brain for nonepileptic indications served as their control. Hippocampal volumes, T2 values, cerebral blood flow, and diffusion characteristics were compared between the cases and controls and also between those with FSE and FFS. Results: A total of 31 cases (FFS = 20, FSE = 11) and 30 controls were enrolled. There was no significant difference between right and left hippocampal volumes and T2 relaxometry values between cases and controls and also between children with FSE and FFS. Similarly, the cerebral blood flow was also comparable in cases and controls. There was a single case of FSE with hippocampal malrotation; one child showed diffusion restriction in the hippocampus after prolonged (>60 min) FSE. Conclusion: Children with FSE and FFS had comparable hippocampal volume and brain perfusion to healthy children. However, one child with FSE had hippocampal malrotation and another had diffusion restriction. The study findings need to be interpreted in the context of small sample size, and lack of follow-up neuroimaging.
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