A minority of patients with functional seizures have abnormalities on neuroimaging

Functional seizures often are managed incorrectly as a diagnosis of exclusion. However, a significant minority of patients with functional seizures may have abnormalities on neuroimaging that typically are associated with epilepsy, leading to diagnostic confusion. We evaluated the rate of epilepsy-associated findings on MRI, FDG-PET, and CT in patients with functional seizures.

Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - June 18, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Wesley T. Kerr, John K. Lee, Amir H. Karimi, Hiroyuki Tatekawa, L. Brian Hickman, Michael Connerney, Siddhika S. Sreenivasan, Ishita Dubey, Corinne H. Allas, Jena M. Smith, Ivanka Savic, Daniel H.S. Silverman, Lubomir M. Hadjiiski, Nicholas J. Beimer, Wil Source Type: research