Unusual findings in brain biopsies of two patients with acute magnetic resonance imaging lesions associated with focal seizures

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1495-1501

  McClelland III, Shearwood ^a   Libien, Jenny M ^a   Chin, Steven S ^a   Adams, David J ^a   Resor Jr , Stanley R ^a   Chan, Stephen ^b   Goodman, Robert R ^a,c  

^a Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Focal epilepsy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GADOLINIUM; HEMOSIDERIN; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GLIOMA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; VEIN THROMBOSIS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; GLIOSIS; HEMOSIDEROSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STATISTICS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CRANIOTOMY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 26944463528     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.07305.x     Document Type: Article

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