MRI assessments of hippocampal pathology in extratemporal lesional epilepsy

G. D. Cascino, C. R. Jack, F. W. Sharbrough, P. J. Kelly, W. R. Marsh

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Abstract

We performed a prospective study in 18 patients to determine the extent of MRI-identified hippocampal pathology in patients with intractable partial epilepsy of extratemporal origin. A mesial temporal signal-intensity alteration or hippocampal formation (HF) atrophy, or both, have been shown to be reliable markers of the temporal lobe of seizure origin in patients with mesial temporal sclerosis. All patients subsequently received surgical ablative therapy between 1988 and 1992. During short-term follow-up, 14 of the 18 patients experienced a significant reduction in seizure tendency, and 12 patients were rendered seizure-free. Qualitative and quantitative (HF volumetry) assessments of HF pathology were performed retrospectively by a blinded investigator. No hippocampal imaging alteration was present in 17 patients. Left HF atrophy was confirmed in one patient with post-traumatic epilepsy who underwent a successful right frontal lobectomy. Morphometric MRI studies rarely identify hippocampal pathology in patients with extratemporal epilepsy.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2380-2382
Number of pages3
JournalNeurology
Volume43
Issue number11
StatePublished - Nov 1993

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Clinical Neurology

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