Factors influencing the detection of treatable epileptogenic lesions on MRI. A randomized prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To prospectively analyze factors associated with detecting epileptogenic lesions on MRI within the work-sharing process of neurologists, epileptologists, radiologists and neuroradiologists.

Methods

We assembled four sets of six MRI scans, each set representing five typical epileptogenic lesions (hippocampal sclerosis or limbic encephalitis; focal cortical dysplasias; periventricular nodular or other heterotopias; long-term epilepsy associated tumors; gliotic scar, hemosiderin or cavernoma), and non - lesional epilepsy. At professional conferences, we invited neurologists, epileptologists, radiologists, and neuroradiologists to read two out of four MRI sets, one of which was presented with a clinical focus hypothesis. Participants were randomly assigned to MRI sets

SUBMITTER: Wehner T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8351149 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature