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 |
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| 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