The relative contributions of MRI, SPECT, and PET imaging in epilepsy

SS Spencer - Epilepsia, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Functional and structural neuroimaging techniques are increasingly indispensable in the
evaluation of epileptic patients for localization of the epileptic area as well as for …

Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: How do we improve surgical outcome?

M Thom, GW Mathern, JH Cross… - Annals of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Surgery has become the standard of care for patients with intractable temporal lobe
epilepsy, with anterior temporal lobe resection the most common operation performed for …

Magnetic resonance imaging evidence of hippocampal injury after prolonged focal febrile convulsions

KE VanLandingham, ER Heinz, JE Cavazos… - Annals of …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed after complex febrile convulsion (CFCs)
in 27 infants. Definite MRI abnormalities were seen in 6 of the 15 infants with focal or …

Surgical treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy: clinical, radiological, and histopathological findings in 178 patients.

J Zentner, A Hufnagel, HK Wolf, B Ostertun… - Journal of Neurology …, 1995 - jnnp.bmj.com
The surgical treatment of pharmacoresistant temporal lobe epilepsy is increasing rapidly.
The correlation of preoperative MRI, histopathological findings, and postoperative seizure …

Clinical applications: Mri, spect, and pet

SS Spencer, WH Theodore, SF Berkovic - Magnetic resonance imaging, 1995 - Elsevier
MRI, PET, and SPECT are all used to image abnormalities in the epileptic brain.
Comparison of the techniques is difficult because they measure different aspects of the …

Intraoperative electrocorticography during tumor resection: impact on seizure outcome in patients with gangliogliomas

WH Pilcher, DL Silbergeld, MS Berger… - Journal of …, 1993 - thejns.org
✓ Gangliogliomas are indolent neoplasms that are often associated with long-standing
intractable seizures. The seizure-free outcome following ganglioglioma resection alone (or …

Temporal lobe epilepsy: the various MR appearances of histologically proven mesial temporal sclerosis.

LC Meiners, AD Van Gils, GH Jansen… - American journal …, 1994 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
PURPOSE To determine the frequency of appearance of various MR signs in mesial
temporal sclerosis, to determine the optimal scanning planes for their visualization, and to …

Epilepsy: the role of MR imaging.

RA Bronen - AJR. American journal of roentgenology, 1992 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
MR is the imaging technique of choice when examining a patient who is having seizures.
Detection, localization, and differentiation of structural epileptogenic abnormalities are much …

MR evaluation of the hippocampus in patients with congenital malformations of the brain

N Sato, S Hatakeyama, N Shimizu… - American journal …, 2001 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Developmental changes in hippocampal formations (HFs)
have been reported in association with agenesis of the corpus callosum, lissencephaly, and …

Temporal lobe abnormalities on brain MRI in healthy volunteers: a prospective case-control study

A Labate, A Gambardella, U Aguglia, F Condino… - Neurology, 2010 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To prospectively assess the frequency of mesiotemporal abnormalities seen on
brain MRI in healthy subjects in comparison with patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) …