Presentation
Referred from neurology with episodes of a rising sensation and with "out of body" awareness. History of generalized tonic-clonic seizures controlled on phenytoin, last about 2 years ago. Febrile convulsions before the age of 5 years. Recent normal CT head.
Patient Data
Asymmetry of the mesial temporal and hippocampal structures. Loss of bulk and internal architecture of the right hippocampus. Normal temporal neocortex and amygdala.
T2W/FLAIR hyperintensities consistent with chronic small vessel ischemic disease. Right parafalcine ossification.
Exaggerated windowing of the axial FLAIR sequence demonstrating increased signal in the right hippocampus.
Zoomed sections of the coronal T2W sequence better demonstrating the loss of internal architecture and grey/white matter differentiation in the hippocampus.
Case Discussion
There is loss of internal architecture, with increased FLAIR signal, of the right mesial temporal lobe and hippocampal structures. With the patient's history of complex partial seizures and secondary generalization, surgery is being considered for symptomatic relief.