Emergency computed tomography in patients with first seizure

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Emergency computed tomography in patients with first seizure Kaisa Kotisaari, Pekka Virtanen, Nina Forss, Daniel Strbian, Filip Scheperjans  Seizure - European Journal of Epilepsy  Volume 48, Pages 89-93 (May 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2017.04.009 Copyright © 2017 British Epilepsy Association Terms and Conditions

Fig. 1 Flow of patients in the study. All 5 patients imaged only by MRI had normal results. CECT=contrast enhanced computed tomography. FS=first seizure. MRI=magnetic resonance imaging. NCCT=non contrast computed tomography. Seizure - European Journal of Epilepsy 2017 48, 89-93DOI: (10.1016/j.seizure.2017.04.009) Copyright © 2017 British Epilepsy Association Terms and Conditions

Fig. 2 The head NCCT scan of a FS patient, with no previous diagnoses and no neurological signs or symptoms in the ED. Seizure - European Journal of Epilepsy 2017 48, 89-93DOI: (10.1016/j.seizure.2017.04.009) Copyright © 2017 British Epilepsy Association Terms and Conditions