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10 Imaging thePatient withEpilepsy orSeizures
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Fig. 10.15 Two epileptic patients with hamartomas of the tuber cine­reum. The upper row shows a large tumor in the oor of the 3° ventricle extending into the suprasellar region with a similar signal to the hippo­campus on T1 (a, b) and T2 sequences (c, d) (arrows). The patient has
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a retrocerebellar cyst. The lower row shows a small hamartoma inside the 3°ventricle with the same signal as the gray matter on sagittal FLAIR (e), coronal T1MPRAGE (f), and axial and coronal T2 (g and h) (arrows)
10.5 Other Causes ofFocal Epilepsy
Many other pathologies can cause seizure. Similar to the pre­vious paragraph, it is beyond the scope to in detail describe imaging features of vascular malformations, infections, or trauma that can go along with seizures, and most of the enti­ties are described in other chapters of this syllabus. We there­fore only want to highlight few epilepsy-relevant facts and features of these conditions.
Vascular malformations can cause seizures due to previ­ous hemorrhage and scarring, hemosiderin deposition (espe­cially when close to the cortex), or gliosis. AVMs in the temporal lobe have a higher likelihood of producing seizure due to interference of the normal blood supply and drainage of potentially epileptogenic structures such as the hippocampus.
Cavernous malformations that are cortically located and have hemosiderin staining reaching the cortex, and in par­ticular the mesial temporal lobe structures, are very often associated with seizures as the hemosiderin stain is believed to have a strong irritative potential for neurons. They are best visualized on T2 gradient echo or SWI sequences where they demonstrate with the classical blooming artifact (Fig.10.16).
Patients with previous trauma can experience post­traumatic seizure disorder, especially after having sustained contusional hemorrhages of their temporal lobes as gliosis
and hemosiderin staining can cause irritation of the sur­rounding cortex.
Neonatal anoxic ischemia or hypoxemia can cause ulegy­ria—i.e., a scar/defect of the cerebral cortex that mainly involves the cortex in the depth of the sulcus, whereas the cortical crowns remain relatively unaffected [24].
If the perinatal ischemia has only involved one hemi­sphere (perinatal stroke), a Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syn­drome will ensue where stable hemiatrophy is present with hypertrophy of the skull and the sinuses, paucity of white matter, ventricular enlargement, and mild gliosis (Fig.10.17).
Virtually any infection (bacterial, fungal, parasitic) can produce epileptogenic lesions, and worldwide infections are the leading cause of epilepsy (Fig.10.18). A typical example is neurocysticercosis which is a very common cause of focal epilepsy in the developing world.
Antero-basal temporal lobe encephaloceles are lesions that are either related to a congenital defect of the bone or to previous trauma. Brain tissue can extend into the pterygo­palatine fossa through the bony defect at the base of the greater sphenoid wing in the region of the foramen rotundum and pterygoid process. The herniated brain demonstrates high T2/FLAIR signal and is believed to be the epileptogenic focus (Fig.10.19). Following resection of the abnormal brain tissue seizure freedom can be obtained in a very large pro­portion of cases.
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Fig. 10.16 Patient with temporal lobe epilepsy, showing a typical cav­ernoma nding with (a) popcorn appearances on T1 coronal, and sur­rounded by hemosiderin in the white matter seen on (b) coronal FLAIR,
(c) coronal T1, and (d) axial T2 sequences. Note that the right amygdala and hippocampus are normal
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Fig. 10.17 A 16-year-old boy with perinatal vascular injury and epi­lepsy and right hemiparesis. A large porencephalic cyst that involves the part of the left middle cerebral artery territory. The cyst shows some septa and contacts with the ependyma of the left lateral ventricle. There is an abnormal signal in white matter indicating gliosis and Wallerian
degeneration. Note the hypertrophy of the left side of the skull and asymmetric enlargement of the frontal sinus (a, b) axial T2WI; (c) cor­onal FLAIR. (d) SISCOM indicates that the seizure onset zone is in the midsagittal cortex near the porencephalic cyst
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Fig. 10.18 A 35-year-old female with a previous history of meningitis and epilepsy. MRI (a) axial T2WI (b) coronal FLAIR shows atrophy of the left temporal lobe with white matter hyperintensity associated with left HS (arrow). (c) SISCOM images indicate that the ictal onset zone
Rasmussen’s encephalitis is a presumably autoimmune­mediated chronic inammation of the brain that presents with progressive gliosis and volume loss. Patients experience seizures and a progressive hemiparesis (Fig.10.20).
initiates in the left neocortical temporal lobe. (d) Language fMRI dem­onstrates activation of the right hemisphere during an auditive compre­hension paradigm, indicating that the language function has been transferred to the other hemisphere
Key Point
• Many other pathologies including vascular malfor­mations, phakomatoses, or remote infections or trauma can cause medication refractory epilepsy, particularly if they involve the gray matter.
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Fig. 10.19 Patient with temporal lobe epilepsy. MRI exam (a) T2 coronal and (b) axial T2MRI show the left temporal pole extending into the pterygopalatine fossa throughout a small defect of the left greater sphenoid wing seen on (c) coronal CT (arrows)
Fig. 10.20 A 9-year-old patient with continuous partial seizures aris­ing from the right hemisphere, progressive cognitive deterioration, and left hemiparesis. MRI studies over time show progressive atrophy of the
right lentiform and caudate nuclei with progressive right hemisphere atrophy. (Axial 3DT1 upper row, axial T2 lower row)
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10.6 Concluding Remarks
Neuroimaging in patients with medication refractory epi­lepsy should identify clinically relevant abnormalities in a high percentage of cases and therefore the radiologist plays a crucial role in the identication of epileptogenic lesions and their possible surgical removal. A dedicated epilepsy proto­col is necessary to identify these lesions, and the MR should be interpreted and multidisciplinary rounds with radiological input are paramount to manage these challenging patients.
Take-Home Messages
• When evaluating a dedicated seizure protocol MR, a structured approach is helpful that includes a detailed assessment of (a) the hippocampus and mesial temporal lobe structures, (b) the ventricular outline, and (c) the gyral and the sulcal anatomy.
• Particular emphasis should be paid upon the T2/ FLAIR signal within the cortex and hippocampus, its similarity to other regions of neo- and archicor­tex, the internal architecture of the hippocampus, the indentations of the head of the hippocampi, the fornix and mammillary bodies, and the gray–white matter interface of the neocortex (blurring, gray matter thinning, or thickening).
• The malformations of cortical development can be differentiated into disorders of neuronal prolifera­tion, migration, and cortical organization and can be diffuse or very subtle. There are slow growing tumors, usually neuroglial lineage that are associ­ated with chronic epilepsy.
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Imaging Evaluation of the Patient Found Unconscious
ChristopherP.Hess andJamesG.Smirniotopoulos
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Unconscious · Coma · Emergency · Trauma · Hypoxia
Hydrocephalus · Herniation · Ischemia · Stroke · Seizure
Overdose · Metabolic · Infection
Learning Objectives
• To understand the spectrum of disorders that may cause a patient to become unconsciousness.
• To appreciate the central role of imaging in the eval­uation of patients found unresponsive.
• To recognize key imaging ndings that dene diag­nosis, drive treatment, and predict outcome in the unconscious patient.
Consciousness is believed to arise from two inter-related brain functional states: wakefulness, reecting an individu­al’s level of arousal and response to external stimuli, and awareness, representing the content of one’s conscious expe­rience and the ability to interact with the external environ­ment. Disruption to either or both states may result in a patient being “found down.” The inability to take an accurate medical history, the limitations of physical examination in the obtunded patient, and the need to rapidly make treatment decisions position imaging centrally within the evaluation of most of these patients. Radiologists should be prepared to help decide on an appropriate imaging strategy, suggest a limited differential diagnosis as to root causes for the
patient’s condition, identify problems that mandate emergent medical or surgical intervention and, in some cases, assist in dening short- and long-term prognosis.
Any disruption to the normal brain chemistry, structure, metabolism, or function may cause a patient to become unconscious. Because the brain has a remarkable ability adapt to chronic stress, disorders of arousal usually come as the result of acute rather than longstanding disease. Acute trauma (known or occult) and cardiorespiratory failure are the most frequent causes. In one study of seven major cen­ters, roughly one third of patients found down were initially triaged for trauma, and two thirds were triaged for medical illnesses [1]. The majority (74.1%) underwent head CT at some point during their treatment, typically during initial assessment but also later during their hospitalization. The delayed use of imaging derived in part from the fact that nearly half (47.7%) of patients suffered from comorbid trau­matic and medical illness.
Given the frequency of traumatic injury in patients found down, it is convenient to divide causes for unconsciousness into traumatic and non-traumatic. In both cases, the brain may be involved either from a primary insult or from second­ary dysfunction due to other systemic disorders such as sep­sis, metabolic derangement, toxic exposure, hypotension, or hypertension (Table11.1). Among primary brain abnormali­ties, diseases caused by diffuse neuronal dysfunction should be distinguished from diseases that disproportionately involve the individual anatomic structures that contribute to consciousness (Table11.2) [2]. We highlight several impor­tant diagnoses with actionable ndings that may be identi­ed in imaging studies of patients who are found down.
C. P. Hess (*) Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA e-mail: christopher.hess@ucsf.edu
J. G. Smirniotopoulos MedPix® Medical Image Database, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA e-mail: james.smirniotopoulos@nih.gov
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Table 11.1 General differential considerations in the imaging evalua­tion of patients found down
Acute traumatic brain injury Acute vascular abnormalities Hypoxia and hypoperfusion Seizures Elevated or low intracranial pressure Herniation syndromes Viral encephalitis Acute necrotizing encephalopathy Toxic exposures, for example: Carbon monoxide Methanol Ethylene glycol Organophosphates Metabolic abnormalities, for example: Hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia Hyponatremia and hypernatremia Uremia Hyperammonemia Wernicke’s encephalopathy Osmotic demyelination
Table 11.2 Anatomic brain structures contributing to the conscious state
Brainstem (especially nuclear components of the reticular activating system) Hypothalamus (especially midline paraventricular nuclei) Anterior striatum Claustrum Thalamus (especially central nuclei)
11.1 Structural andVascular Abnormalities
Traumatic axonal injury (TAI), a severe form of traumatic brain injury that often renders patients’ unconscious, repre­sents up to half of all brain injuries after severe trauma in the United States [3]. High-speed motor vehicle accidents, shake injuries to infants, fall from heights—any major traumatic mechanism associated with rapid acceleration-deceleration of the brain relative to the skull can lead to TAI.Exposed to mechanical shear, structures within the brain with different tensile strength, viscosity, and microscopic architecture suf­fer from stretch or tear injuries of axons, cell bodies and myelin, disruption of normal chemical processes, and abnor­mal cellular function. Although all areas of the brain may be involved, TAI most often affects the corpus callosum, the brainstem (especially the dorsal midbrain), and cortical gray­white interfaces. Findings are evident on CT only in the most severe injuries, in which tiny foci of parenchymal hemor­rhage are observed. Susceptibility-sensitive and diffusion­weighted MRI are usually necessary to detect and characterize the extent of TAI and show multiple focal areas of signal abnormality in typical brain areas (Fig.11.1).
After trauma, hypoxic insults from cardiac or respiratory failure, as may result from cardiac arrest, shock, choking, or drug overdose, represent the most common cause for diffuse brain injury in the patient found down. The degree to which the brain is injured depends upon the severity and duration of deprivation of oxygen and/or reduced perfusion, which is required to make glucose that supplies the brain’s energy. Complete anoxia, even for short periods, usually involves the entirety of the brain. When oxygen in the blood is insuf­cient to support energy production, the most metabolically active areas of the brain are disproportionately affected. The hippocampus, basal ganglia, thalami, and cerebellum are most often involved in adults suffering from global hypoxic and ischemic injuries. Importantly, the imaging appearance of hypoxia also depends on the timing of imaging relative to the injury. Swelling and loss of normal gray-white differen­tiation in the acute phase progresses to atrophy in chronic stages, and white matter abnormalities are delayed with respect to those in gray matter. Early evidence of hypoxic injury on both CT [4] and MRI [5] have been advocated as useful markers to predict clinical outcome.
Low cerebral perfusion pressure due to systemic hypoten­sion or intracranial hypertension, which occurs together with hypoxia, may also cause patients to become acutely uncon­scious (Fig.11.2). In this scenario, it is the border-zone or “watershed” areas of the brain—in-between vascular territo­ries—that are most impacted. Reduced cerebral blood ow not only causes cellular ischemia, but also results in platelet microemboli that lodge preferentially within end arteries, especially the leptomeningeal arteries that overlie arterial border zones [6]. The degree of injury may be most severe in vascular territories that lie distal to pre-existing arterial ste­nosis, for example, distal to from carotid or intracranial ath­erosclerosis. Hypoperfusion injury is diagnosed when wedge-shaped areas of injury are evident between affected arterial territories or in a linear “string of pearls” pattern par­alleling the lateral ventricles.
Although CT can detect watershed injury in the patient found down, MRI is usually necessary to characterize the severity and extent of injury. This is especially the situation for micro-occlusive disease, such as occurs in thrombotic microangiopathy. Here, low cerebral perfusion pressure occurs in the microcirculation of the brain because of in situ occlusions within capillaries, arterioles, and sometimes venules from cerebral vasculitis, intravascular lymphoma, disseminated intravascular coagulation, or thrombocytope­nia, for example [7]. This diagnosis is particularly challeng­ing to make in the unconscious patient and relies on the MRI observation of multiple tiny foci of susceptibility signal change scattered throughout the brain, often together with edema and punctate foci of reduced diffusion.
Diffuse brain disease can be distinguished from other dis­orders that directly impact the brain areas that are responsible
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Fig. 11.1 Diffuse brain injury. (a) Axial T2*­weighted gradient echo MRI shows diffuse axonal injury, with multiple foci of susceptibility in a patient found unconscious after high-speed motor vehicle. (b) Axial diffusion-weighted MRI in a patient after global hypoxia, with relatively symmetric involvement of the basal ganglia. (c) Axial unenhanced CT 4h following cardiac arrest, with diffuse parenchymal swelling and loss of gray-white differentiation. (d) Axial unenhanced CT showing reversal of normal gray and white matter density in a patient 6days after being found unresponsive
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Fig. 11.2 Hypoperfusion injury. (a) Axial diffusion trace MRI showing watershed injury after acute aortic dissection, with wedge­shaped infarcts in the junctional zones of the right anterior and middle cerebral arteries and the right middle and posterior cerebral arteries. (b) Axial susceptibility­sensitive MRI in a patient with autoimmune hemolytic anemia and diffuse thrombotic microangiopathy, showing innumerable foci of intravascular susceptibility and associated edema
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Fig. 11.3 Localized brain abnormalities. (a) Axial unenhanced CT showing hyperdense basilar artery from thrombotic occlusion. (b) Axial unenhanced CT with internal cerebral venous thrombosis, seen as hyperdense internal cerebral veins with venous edema in the thalami and basal ganglia. (c) Axial T2 FLAIR MRI in a comatose patient with Japanese encephalitis. (d) Axial T2-weighted MRI in a child found unresponsive after febrile illness, diagnosed with acute necrotizing encephalopathy
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for maintaining the brain’s conscious activity (Fig. 11.3). Insults to the thalamus, hypothalamus and brainstem may cause patients to become unresponsive. Interruption of the
viral infection, ANE results from delayed immune-mediated injury to these structures [8]. The disease is more common in genetically susceptible individuals.
arterial supply or venous drainage of the thalami and brain­stem, especially from basilar artery thrombosis or internal cerebral venous thrombosis, are critical abnormalities to identify on CT examinations of patients found down. Certain viral illnesses, such as West Nile virus, Japanese encephali­tis, Murray Valley encephalitis, Eastern equine encephalitis, and inuenza A, also have a predilection for selective involvement of the thalami and brainstem. Acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE), a para-infectious disorder that fol­lows acute viral illness, is also associated with symmetric
Key Point
• Loss of consciousness may result from any process that structurally involves the entire brain or speci­cally impacts the brainstem, the hypothalamus, or the thalamus. MRI is typically more sensitive for most disorders, especially early following the onset of hypoxia, hypoperfusion, or ischemia.
abnormalities of the thalami. In contradistinction to direct
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11.2 Intracranial Pressure andHerniation Syndromes
Intracranial pressure (ICP) normally ranges from 7 to 15mm Hg in supine adults and increases or decreases in response to changes in volume of the structures contained within the rigid skull—brain, blood, and cerebrospinal uid (CSF). ICP is distributed relatively equally within the cranium, including the intra- and extra-ventricular CSF spaces and across the different intracranial compartments dened by bony bound­aries and by the rigid falx and tentorium cerebelli. Patients may lose consciousness because of abnormally increased or decreased ICP, when the pressure gradients across intracra­nial compartments give rise to herniation and brain compres­sion syndromes, and when elevated intraventricular pressure causes hydrocephalus. In each scenario, the mechanical dis­tortion of the brain and/or associated reduction in its normal
Fig. 11.4 Brain swelling and herniation. (a) Axial unenhanced CT showing diffuse brain swelling in the setting of severe hyponatremia, with diffuse effacement of sulci and ventricular compression. (b) Axial unenhanced CT showing right holohemispheric subdural hematoma with leftward midline herniation in an elderly patient on anticoagulants. (c) Midline sagittal T2 FLAIR MRI showing ndings of intracranial hypotension. (d) Axial unenhanced CT with hydrocephalus due to third ventricular colloid cyst
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Diffuse brain swelling, space-occupying lesions, and hydrocephalus all cause elevated ICP.Hypertension, meta­bolic derangements, hypoxia, ischemia, meningitis, trau­matic injury, and other disorders may be sources of life-threating diffuse swelling (Fig. 11.4). Although mild swelling can be difcult to recognize on imaging studies, more severe swelling is associated with signicant narrow­ing of convexity sulci, ventricular compression, and efface­ment of the normal CSF cisternal spaces (e.g., peri-mesencephalic and suprasellar cisterns). Its diagnosis relies on the observation of diffusely diminished CSF spaces, venous dural sinus narrowing, and attening of the posterior sclera, enlargement and tortuosity of the optic nerve sheath, and protrusion of the optic papilla (an imaging correlate to papilledema) [9]. Intracranial hemorrhage and tumors of a
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