Postictal aphasia with transient sulcal hyperintensity on MRI

Ji Ho Lin; Shang Yeong Kwan; Dean Wu

doi:10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70317-X

Postictal aphasia with transient sulcal hyperintensity on MRI

Ji Ho Lin
, Shang Yeong Kwan
, Dean Wu

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Abstract

A 38-year-old man had postictal global aphasia after generalized tonic-clonic seizure, but recovered within 1 day. There was a focal increase in the signal intensity of the left frontoparietal sulci on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery magnetic resonance (MR) sequence 6 hours after the seizure, which disappeared 1 month later. The transient seizure-induced MR hyperintensity was possibly caused by ictal or postictal hyperemia and breakdown of the blood-brain barrier. This report aims to increase awareness of this condition and avoid unnecessary management.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	499-502
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume	69
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70317-X
Publication status	Published - Oct 2006
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Electroencephalography
Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery
Magnetic resonance imaging
Postictal aphasia
Seizure

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General Medicine

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Postictal aphasia with transient sulcal hyperintensity on MRI

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