Focal cortical dysplasia and refractory epilepsy: role of multimodality imaging and outcome of surgery

S Jayalakshmi, SK Nanda, S Vooturi… - American Journal …, 2019 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) is one of the most common
causes of drug resistant epilepsy. Our aim was to evaluate the role of presurgical …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of MRI features and surgical outcome among the subtypes of focal cortical dysplasia

DW Kim, S Kim, SH Park, CK Chung, SK Lee - Seizure, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) is the most common pathological diagnosis in
patients who have undergone surgical treatment for intractable neocortical epilepsy …

[HTML][HTML] Compatibility of MRI and FDG-PET findings with histopathological results in patients with focal cortical dysplasia

G Halac, S Delil, D Zafer, C Isler, M Uzan… - Seizure, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose The present study aimed to determine if the specific characteristics of
fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) analyses of the FCD …

[HTML][HTML] Focal cortical dysplasia and epilepsy surgery

SK Lee, DW Kim - Journal of epilepsy research, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) is the most commonly encountered developmental
malformation that causes refractory epilepsy. With advances in neuroimaging techniques, in …

Focal cortical dysplasia and intractable epilepsy in adults: clinical, EEG, imaging, and surgical features

JF Bautista, N Foldvary-Schaefer, WE Bingaman… - Epilepsy research, 2003 - Elsevier
Purpose: The clinical features of focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) in adults are poorly
understood. The purpose of this report is to describe the clinical, electrographic, and …

Focal cortical dysplasias: MR imaging, histopathologic, and clinical correlations in surgically treated patients with epilepsy

N Colombo, L Tassi, C Galli, A Citterio… - American Journal …, 2003 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) covers a spectrum of
conditions in which the neuropathologic and electroclinic presentations and the surgical …

The clinical spectrum of focal cortical dysplasia and epilepsy

E Wyllie, C Baumgartner, R Prayson, M Estes… - Journal of Epilepsy, 1994 - Elsevier
Focal cortical dysplasia is an important pathologic substrate in patients with epilepsy, but its
clinical spectrum has not yet been completely defined. We retrospectively studied 30 …

Focal cortical dysplasia type IIa and IIb: MRI aspects in 118 cases proven by histopathology

N Colombo, L Tassi, F Deleo, A Citterio, M Bramerio… - Neuroradiology, 2012 - Springer
Introduction This study aims to review the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) aspects of a
large series of patients with focal cortical dysplasia type II (FCD II) and attempt to identify …

Diagnostic methods and treatment options for focal cortical dysplasia

R Guerrini, M Duchowny, P Jayakar, P Krsek… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Our inability to adequately treat many patients with refractory epilepsy caused by focal
cortical dysplasia (FCD), surgical inaccessibility and failures are significant clinical …

7T MRI with post-processing for the presurgical evaluation of pharmacoresistant focal epilepsy

C Chen, JJ Xie, F Ding, YS Jiang, B Jin… - Therapeutic …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic yield of seven-tesla (7T) magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) with post-processing of three-dimensional (3D) T1-weighted …