Two Cases of Transient Focal Lesion in the Splenium of the Corpus Callosum after Aggravated Seizures

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 23(1); 2005 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2005;23(1): 111-113.

발작 악화 후 뇌량팽대의 일시적인 국소성 병변을 보인 간질 환자 2예

신용석, 조용원 김현아 손성일 이 형 임정근 이상도 손철호

계명대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실, 진단방사선과학교실

Two Cases of Transient Focal Lesion in the Splenium of the Corpus Callosum after Aggravated Seizures

Yong-Euk Shin

Department of Neurology and Diagnostic Radiology*, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea

Abstract

Transient focal lesions in the splenium of the corpus callosum have been rarely reported in epileptic patients receiving antiepileptic drugs. We examined two patients with epilepsy whose epileptic seizure frequency has drastically increased. The brain MRI findings of these patients showed a transient focal lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum. Follow up MRI taken 15 days and 6 days later after controlling their seizures demonstrated complete resolution of the lesion, without specific treatment for the lesion. KeyWords:Epilepsy, Corpus callosum, Magnetic resonance imaging