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Ravindra Kumar Garg, MD, DM; Devika Nag, MD
Department of Neurology King George's Medical College Lucknow India 226003

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1997;151(6):632-634.

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Views about the indications of computed tomography (CT) for children and young adults with first seizure are conflicting. Holmes¹ recommended that CT should be done in all patients after first seizure, except for those with absence seizures or rolandic epilepsy who have normal results on neurological examination. Verity² recommends CT only if clinical findings suggest an underlying cause of seizures or if seizures are refractory. In addition, children with partial seizures should also be subjected to early scans.³ A relatively early CT study of children with all types of seizures revealed an overall incidence of abnormalities in one third of the cases.⁴ The most commonly detected abnormality is generalized or focal cortical atrophy.⁴ Localized or generalized cerebral dysgenesis, porencephalic cysts, tumors, cerebral abscess, focal encephalitis, and vascular malformations can also be identified along with other abnormalities by the use of CT.^5,6 In the Indian . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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