Abstract:A 7-month-old with West syndrome was being treated with vigabatrin and a MRI scan was requested to rule out other possible pathologies. The examination revealed typical abnormalities described in the literature with the use of this drug [1][2][3][4] . Vigabatrin was discontinued and follow-up scan showed signal normalization ( Figure). This imaging pattern with the use of vigabatrin is more commonly seen in younger infants (≤12 months), patients with cryptogenic infantile spasms 1 and treatment using relativel… Show more
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