Abstract
We determined the accuracy of volumetric MRI (based on identification of unilateral hippocampal atrophy) and scalp-sphenoidal EEG (based on concordant interpretations of scalp-sphenoidal ictal EEG by three independent interpreters) for seizure focus localization in 20 patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. All patients became seizure-free or had rare seizures following temporal lobectomy. Among the 20 patients, nine (45%) met both MRI and EEG localization criteria, six (30%) met MRI localization criteria alone, three (15%) met EEG localization criteria alone, and two patients (10%) did not meet either localization criteria. In the 18 patients meeting MRI or EEG localization criteria, the predicted localization agreed with the side of temporal lobectomy. These results suggest that a nonin-vasive approach combining MRI and EEG will correctly localize the side of seizure onset in most patients with temporal lobe epilepsy.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2531-2533 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Neurology |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| State | Published - Dec 1993 |
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Seizure localization in temporal lobe epilepsy : A comparison of scalp-sphenoidal eeg and volumetric mri. / Murro, A. M.; Park, Y. D.; King, D. W.; Gallagher, B. B.; Smith, J. R.; Yaghmai, F.; Toro, V.; Figueroa, R. E.; Loring, D. W.; Littleton, W.
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T1 - Seizure localization in temporal lobe epilepsy
T2 - A comparison of scalp-sphenoidal eeg and volumetric mri
AU - Murro, A. M.
AU - Park, Y. D.
AU - King, D. W.
AU - Gallagher, B. B.
AU - Smith, J. R.
AU - Yaghmai, F.
AU - Toro, V.
AU - Figueroa, R. E.
AU - Loring, D. W.
AU - Littleton, W.
PY - 1993/12
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N2 - We determined the accuracy of volumetric MRI (based on identification of unilateral hippocampal atrophy) and scalp-sphenoidal EEG (based on concordant interpretations of scalp-sphenoidal ictal EEG by three independent interpreters) for seizure focus localization in 20 patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. All patients became seizure-free or had rare seizures following temporal lobectomy. Among the 20 patients, nine (45%) met both MRI and EEG localization criteria, six (30%) met MRI localization criteria alone, three (15%) met EEG localization criteria alone, and two patients (10%) did not meet either localization criteria. In the 18 patients meeting MRI or EEG localization criteria, the predicted localization agreed with the side of temporal lobectomy. These results suggest that a nonin-vasive approach combining MRI and EEG will correctly localize the side of seizure onset in most patients with temporal lobe epilepsy.
AB - We determined the accuracy of volumetric MRI (based on identification of unilateral hippocampal atrophy) and scalp-sphenoidal EEG (based on concordant interpretations of scalp-sphenoidal ictal EEG by three independent interpreters) for seizure focus localization in 20 patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. All patients became seizure-free or had rare seizures following temporal lobectomy. Among the 20 patients, nine (45%) met both MRI and EEG localization criteria, six (30%) met MRI localization criteria alone, three (15%) met EEG localization criteria alone, and two patients (10%) did not meet either localization criteria. In the 18 patients meeting MRI or EEG localization criteria, the predicted localization agreed with the side of temporal lobectomy. These results suggest that a nonin-vasive approach combining MRI and EEG will correctly localize the side of seizure onset in most patients with temporal lobe epilepsy.
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