Efficacy of the fluid attenuated inversion recovery FLAIR) sequence of MRI as a preoperative diagnosis of hippocampal sclerosis

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-150

  Morioka, Takato ^a   Nishio, Shunji ^c   Mihara, Futoshi ^b   Muraishi, Mitsuteru ^a   Hisada, Kei ^c   Hasuo, Kanehiro ^b   Fukui, Masashi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Fluid attenuated inversion recovery sequence; Hippocampal sclerosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0031929019     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Bergin PS, Fish DR, Shorvon SD, Oatridge A, de-Souza NM, Bydder GM: Magnetic resonance imaging in partial epileps: additional abnormalities shown with the fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) pulse sequence. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 58: 439-443, 1995
2. Berkovic SF, Andermann F, Olivier A, Ethier R, Melanson D, Robitaille Y, Kuzniecky R, Peters T, Feindel W: Hippocampal sclerosis in temporal lobe epilepsy demonstrated by magnetic resonance imaging. Ann Neurol 29: 175-182, 1991
3. Bronen RA, Cheung G, Charles JT, Kim JH, Spencer DD, Spencer SS, Sze G, McCarthy G: Imaging findings in hippocampal sclerosis: correlation with pathology. AJNR 11: 93-91, 1991
4. Brooks BS, King DW, El Gammal T Meador K, Yaghmai F, Gay JN, Smith JR, Flanigin HF: MR imaging in patients with intractable complex partial epileptic seizures. AJNR 11: 93-99, 1990
5. Cascino GD, Jack CR Jr, Parisi JE, Sharbrought FW, Hirschorn KA, Meyer FB, Marsh WR, O'Brien PC: Magnetic resonance imaging-based volume studies in temporal lobe epilepsy: pathological correlations. Ann Neurol 30: 31-36, 1991
6. Cendes F, Andermann F, Gloor P, Evans A, Jones-Gotman M, Watson C, Melanson D, Olivier A, Peters T, Lopes-Cendes I, Leroux G: MRI volumetric measurement of amygdala and hippocampus in temporal lobe epilepsy. Neurology 43: 719-725, 1993
7. Cendes F, Cook MJ, Watson C, Andermann F, Fish DR, Shorvon SD, Bergin P, Free S, Dubeau F, Arnold DL: Frequency and characteristics of dual pathology in patients with lesional epilepsy. Neurology 45: 2058-2064, 1995
8. De Coene B, Hajnal JV, Gatehouse P, Lomgmore DB, White SJ, Oatridge A, Pennock JM, Young IR, Bydder GM: MR of the brain using fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) pulse sequences. AJNR 13: 1555-1564, 1992
9. De Coene B, Hajnal JV, Pennock JV, Pennock JM, Bydder GM: MRI of the brain stem using fluid attenuated inversion recovery pulse sequences. Neuroradiology 35: 327-331, 1993
10. Falconer MA, Cavanagh JB: Clinico-pathological consideration of temporal lobe epilepsy due to small focal lesions: a study of cases submitted to operation. Brain 82: 483-504, 1959
11. Falconer MA, Driver MV, Serafetinides EA: Temporal lobe epilepsy due to distant lesions: two cases relieved by operation. Brain 85: 521-534, 1962
12. Fish D, Andermann F, Olivier A: Complex partial seizures and small posterior temporal or extratemporal structural lesions: surgical management. Neurology 41: 1781-1784, 1991
13. Fried I, Kim JH, Spencer DD: Hippocampal pathology in patients with intractable seizures and temporal lobe masses. J Neurosurg 76: 735-740, 1992
14. Grünewald RA, Jackson GD, Connelly A, Duncan JS: MR detection of hippocampal disease in epilepsy: factors influencing T2 relaxation time. AJNR 15: 1149-1156, 1994
15. Hajnal JV, Bryant DJ, Kasuboski L, Pattany PM, De Coene B, Lewis PD, Pennock JM, Oatridge A, Young IR, Bydder GM: Use of fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) pulse sequences in MRI of the brain. J Comput Assist Tomogr 16: 841-844, 1992
16. Hajnal JV, Collins AG, White SJ, Pennock JM, Oatridge A, Baudouin CJ, Young IR, Bydder GM: Imaging of human brain activity at 0.15T using fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) pulse sequences. Magn Reson Med 30: 650-653, 1993
17. Heinz R, Ferris N, Lee EK, Radtke R, Crain B, Hoffman JM, Hanson M, Paine S, Friedman A: MR and positron emission tomography in the diagnosis of surgically correctable temporal lobe epilepsy. AJNR 15: 1341-1348, 1994
18. Jack CR Jr, Sharbrough FW, Twomey CK, Cascino GD, Hirschorn KA, Marsh WR, Zinsmeister AR, Scheithauer B: Temporal lobe seizures: lateralization with MR volume measurements of the hippocampal formation. Radiology 175: 423-429, 19 90
19. Jack CR Jr, Krecke KN, Luetmer PH, Cascino GD, Sharbrought FW, O'Brien PC, Parisi JE: Diagnosis of mesial temporal sclerosis with conventional versus fast spin-echo MR imaging. Radiology 192: 123-127, 1994a
20. Jack CR Jr: MRI-based hippocampal volume measurements in epilepsy. Epilepsia 35 (Suppl 6): S21-S29, 1994b
21. Jack CR Jr, Rydberg CH, Krecke KN, Trenerry MR, Parisi JE, Rydberg JN, Cascino GD, Riederer SJ: Mesial temporal sclerosis: Diagnosis with fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery versus spin-echo MR imaging. Radiology 199: 367-373, 1996
22. Jackson GD, Berkovic SF, Tress BM, Kalnins RM, Fabinyi GCA, Bladin PF: Hippocampal sclerosis can be reliably detected by magnetic resonance imaging. Neurology 40: 1869-1875, 1990
23. Jackson GD, Berkovic SF, Duncan JS, Connelly A: Optimizing the diagnosis of hippocampal sclerosis using MR imaging. AJNR 14: 753-762, 1993a
24. Jackson GD, Connelly A, Duncan JS, Grünewald RA, Gadian DG: Detection of hippocampal pathology in intractable partial epilepsy: increased sensitivity with quantitative magnetic resonance T2 relaxometry. Neurology 43: 1793-1799, 1993b
25. Jackson GD, Kuzniecky RI, Cascino GD: Hippocampal sclerosis without detectable hippocampal atrophy. Neurology 44: 42-46, 1994
26. Kuzniecky R, de la Sayette V, Ethier R, Melanson D, Andermann F, Berkovic S, Robitaille Y, Olivier A, Peters T, Feindel W: Magnetic resonance imaging in temporal lobe epilepsy: pathological correlations. Ann Neurol 22: 341-347, 1987
27. Lee N, Tien RD, Lewis DV, Friedman AH, Felsberg GJ, Grain B, Hulette C, Osumi AK, Smith JS, Van-Landingham KE, Radtke RA: Fast spin-echo, magnetic resonance imaging-measured hippocampal volume: correlation with neuronal density in anterior temporal lobectomy patients. Epilepsia 36: 899-904, 1995
28. Lencz T, McCarthy G, Bronen RA, Scott TM, Inserni JA, Sass KJ, Novelly RA, Kim JH, Spencer DD: Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging in temporal lobe epilepsy: relationship to neuropathology and neuropsychological function. Ann Neurol 31: 629-637, 1992
29. Levesque MF, Nakasato N, Vinters HV, Babb TL: Surgical treatment of limbic epilepsy associated with extrahippocampal lesions: the problem of dual pathology. J Neurosurg 75: 364-370, 1991
30. Margerison JH, Corsellis JAN: Epilepsy and temporal lobe. Brain 89: 921-950, 1966
31. Rydberg JN, Hammond CA, Grimm RC, Erickson BJ, Jack Jr CR, Huston J III, Riederer SJ: Initial experience in MR imaging of the brain with a fast fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery pulse sequence. Radiology 193: 173-180, 1994
32. Sano K, Malamud N: Clinical significance of sclerosis of the cornus ammnonis. Arch Neurol Psychiat 70: 40-53, 1953
33. Shimizu H, Suzuki I, Ohta Y, Ishijima B: Mesial temporal subdural electrode as a substitute for depth electrode. Surg Neurol 38: 186-191, 1992
34. Tien RD, Felsberg GJ, Campi de Castro C, Osumi AK, Lewis DV, Friedman AH, Crain B, Radtke RA: Complex partial seizures and mesial temporal sclerosis: evaluation with fast spin-echo MR imaging. Radiology 189: 835-842, 1993
35. Tien RD, Felsberg GL: The hippocampus in status epilepticus: demonstration of signal intensity and morphological changes with fast spin-echo MR imaging. Radiology 191: 249-256, 1995
36. Theodore WH, Katz D, Kufta C, Sato S, Patronas N, Smothers P, Bromfield E: Pathology of temporal lobe foci: correlation with CT, MRI, and PET. Neurology 40: 797-803, 1990
37. Wieser HG, Engel J Jr, Williamson PD, Babb TL, Gloor P: Surgically remediable temporal lobe syndromes. In: Surgical Treatment of the Epilepsies, 2nd ed, by Engel J Jr, Raven Press, New York, 1993, pp 49-63