Peri-ictal thalamic lesions (arrows) following status epilepticus in patient 1 (a and b) with partial occipital status epilepticus related to MELAS in the left occipital lobe (arrowheads on a and b) all seen as hyperintensity on FLAIR imaging and in patient 2 (c and d) with generalized status epilepticus with also left occipitotemporal cortical signal changes due to the seizures seen as hyperintensity on FLAIR imaging (c) and as hypointensity on ADC map (d).
