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Simultaneously diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) was applied to examine the white matter microstructure abnormalities in patients with TLE and sleep disorders.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>TLE patients who have been diagnosed in the cardio-cerebrovascular ward of the Yanan University Affiliated Hospital from October 2020 to August 2021 were recruited. Finally, 51 patients and 30 healthy controls were enrolled in our study, with all subjects completing the sleep evaluation questionnaire and undergoing a DKI examination. Using independent sample <jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and Mann-Whitney U test to compare groups.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Thirty patients (58.82%) complained of long-term sleep difficulties. The overall differences among the evaluation of AIS, ESS, and PSQI are significant (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.00, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.00, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.03). The scores of AIS, ESS in Left and Right-TLE (L\/R-TLE) with sleep disorders, as well as PSQI in L-TLE, are statistically higher than the control group (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.00, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.00, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.00, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.00, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.02). L-TLE with sleep disorders showed decreased MK on affected sides (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.01). However, statistical differences in MD and FA have not been observed (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.34, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.06); R-TLE with sleep disorders showed significantly decreased MK and increased MD on affected sides (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.00, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.00), but FA's statistical difference has not been observed (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.20).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>TLE patients with sleep disorders have different DKI parameters than individuals who do not have sleep issues. During this process, the kurtosis parameter (MK) was more sensitive than the tensor parameters (MD, FA) in detecting the patient's aberrant white matter diffusion. 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