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Review
. 1987 May;1(3):178-84.
doi: 10.1016/0920-1211(87)90039-8.

CT brain scan and EEG in the diagnosis of adult onset seizures

K J Reinikainen  1 , T Keränen, J M Lehtinen, R Kälviäinen, T Saari, P J Riekkinen
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Review

CT brain scan and EEG in the diagnosis of adult onset seizures

K J Reinikainen et al. Epilepsy Res. 1987 May.

Abstract

Incidence of CT abnormalities and their correlation with clinical and EEG features were evaluated in a consecutive series of 202 adult patients with newly diagnosed epileptic seizures. Abnormal CT findings were found in 36% of these patients; the abnormalities consisted of brain tumors (17%), atrophic lesions (11%) and other organic findings (8%) such as arteriovenous malformations. Focal features of seizures, in neurological examination and/or in EEG, correlated significantly with CT abnormalities. The absence of these findings did, however, not exclude the possibility of brain lesions, which in many cases were treatable by surgery.

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