Quantitative hippocampal MRI and intractable temporal lobe epilepsy

Abstract

Objectives: To evaluate and compare T2 relaxometry and volumetrics of hippocampus in the presurgical evaluation of patients with intractable temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), and to correlate these quantitative MRI measures with the pathology of the resected hippocampus. Patients: Forty patients with intractable TLE who underwent presurgical evaluation and subsequent temporal lobe surgery. Main outcome measures: Hippocampal T2 (HCT2), volumes of hippocampi and hippocampal volume ratio (HCVR) (volume of hippocampus with higher HCT2 divided by volume of hippocampus with lower HCT2), and qualitative pathology. Results: Thirty-two patients had hippocampal sclerosis, three patients had end-folium scl..