American Journal of Neuroradiology, Vol 12, Issue 4 749-755, Copyright © 1991 by American Society of Neuroradiology
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Intracerebral gangliogliomas in patients with partial complex seizures: CT and MR imaging findings
D Tampieri, R Moumdjian, D Melanson and R Ethier
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute, Quebec, Canada.
The clinical and radiologic findings in 19 patients with partial complex seizures and surgically proved intracerebral gangliogliomas were reviewed to characterize the radiologic features of these lesions. The CT and MR findings were not specific. On CT the gangliogliomas can be hypodense with no enhancement and they often have calcifications. On MR these tumors have a wide variety of signals. In five of our cases the tumor had a high-intensity signal with a cystlike component on proton density- and T2-weighted images. In five cases the lesion had an inhomogeneously intense signal on proton density-weighted images and high signal intensity on T2-weighted images. The tumor had high- intensity signal on both proton density- and T2-weighted images in four patients. Finally, in two cases the MR findings were normal. We recommend MR as the examination of choice for patients with partial complex seizures because it allows an artifact-free evaluation of the temporal region. However, CT should also be performed in order to recognize calcifications that may be missed on the MR examination.
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