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Epilepsy and developmental delays

    Author: Birgit Ertl-Wagner, MD, Munich, Germany
    Body Region: Brain, and Head and Neck

    1. Patient Presentation
    2. CT Images
    3. CT Findings
    4. Diagnosis
    5. References

    1. Patient Presentation

    • A 16-year-old boy presented to the emergency room after a generalized seizure. The seizure,
      witnessed by his family, was tonic-clonic in nature.

    • The patient was post-ictal at the time of presentation.
    • The parents reported that their son had suffered from seizures since early childhood and was
      taking anti-epileptic medication. In addition, he had developmental delays throughout childhood.

    • Since imaging had never been done before, non-enhanced CT of the brain was performed.
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