Publication details

Temporal lobe epilepsy? Things are not always what they seem

Authors

DOLEŽALOVÁ Irena BRÁZDIL Milan KAHANE P.

Year of publication 2017
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Epileptic Disorders
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1684/epd.2017.0897
Field Neurology, neurosurgery, neurosciences
Keywords temporal lobe epilepsy; invasive EEG; pseudotemporal epilepsy; posterior cingulate
Description Temporal lobe epilepsy is the most frequent form of drugresistant epilepsy referred to epilepsy surgery centres. The vast majority of lesional cases can be operated on without invasive investigation which is often not the case for non-lesional cases. Invasive investigation in non-lesional cases, however, may lead to unexpected results, as illustrated in the following case report. [Published with video sequence on www. epilepticdisorders. com]

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