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MRI follow-up in paediatric convulsive status epilepticus

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Neurological morbidity is common in children who have undergone convulsive status epilepticus (CSE), so a recent study evaluating the utility of MRI in determining the extent of brain lesions following CSE is welcome. How might imaging results from children with CSE influence diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic decisions?

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Figure 1: MRI showing bilateral mesial temporal damage with predominance on the left side in a patient at 3 years of age who was initially diagnosed with prolonged febrile seizure.

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  1. Centre de Référence Epilepsies Rares, Inserm, U663, Université Paris Descartes, Hôpital Necker, 149 rue de Sèvres, 75015, France, Paris

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