MRI and EEG could identify children at risk for epilepsy after febrile seizures MRI scan of a child within 72 hours of febrile status epilepticus. The hippocampus on one side of the brain appears to light up (arrow, lower left), consistent with an acute injury. Republished from Shinnar et al., Neurology. WNL. 0b013e318266fcc5 Seizures during childhood fever are usually benign, but when prolonged,