Malformations in cortical development in patients with epilepsy. Neuroimaging of 17 cases.

• Autor(a) principal: Carvalho, S
• Data de Publicação: 2001
• Outros Autores: Brito, O, Machado, E, Santos, N, Freitas, P M, Bento, C, Santana, I, Sales, F, Martins, F
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
• Texto Completo: https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/1834

This article reviews Malformations of Cortical Development (MCD) diagnosed by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in a series of patients with epilepsy. This study spans a five year period. The frequency of these malformations was 7.1%. Most of these were focal or multifocal and the most common ones were polymicrogyria (35.3% of the patients), heterotopia (29.4%), and focal cortical dysplasia (29.4%). The frontal lobes were the most frequently affected regions. The various MCD encountered reflect the wide spectrum of MCD leading to epilepsy.