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. 2022 Jan 21;12:3. doi: 10.25259/JCIS_124_2020

Table 1:

Common and uncommon MRI spectrum of abnormalities encountered in epilepsy imaging.

Disorders of cortical malformation Gray matter heterotopia
Schizencephaly
Focal cortical dysplasia Hemimegalencephaly
Polymicrogyria
Mesial temporal sclerosis
Periventricular
leukomalacia
Phacomatosis Tuberous sclerosis
Sturge-Weber syndrome
CNS tumors Glioma, dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor, ganglioglioma, pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, craniopharyngioma, dermoid cyst, and meningioma.
Infections Tuberculoma
Leptomeningitis
Neurocysticercosis
Vascular malformations Cerebral arteriovenous malformation
Cerebral slow flow venous malformation
Encephalomalacia and gliosis
Miscellaneous uncommon causes Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome
Rasmussen encephalitis
Fahr disease
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
Arachnoid cyst causing significant mass effect
Skull base meningoencephalocele Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts/Van der Knaap disease

MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging