Multifocal brain MRI hypointensities secondary to embolic metal fragments from a mechanical heart valve prosthesis: a possible source of epileptic seizures

Neurology. 1998 Dec;51(6):1766-7. doi: 10.1212/wnl.51.6.1766.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Epilepsy / diagnosis*
  • Epilepsy / etiology*
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnosis*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / diagnosis*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male