Background: There have been difficulties in achieving a uniform terminology in the literature
regarding issues of classification with respect to focal cortical dysplasias (FCDs) associated …

The Diagnostic Methods commission of the International League against Epilepsy (ILAE)
released a first international consensus classification of Focal Cortical Dysplasia (FCD) in …

The thoroughly updated Fourth Edition of this acclaimed reference describes and illustrates
the full range of pediatric disorders diagnosable by modern neuroimaging. This edition …

Recent findings on the clinical, electroencephalography (EEG), neuroimaging, and surgical
outcomes are reviewed comparing patients with Palmini type I (mild) and type II (severe) …

Objective: To determine the diagnostic accuracy and prognostic value of 18FDG-PET in a
recent series of patients operated for intractable partial epilepsy associated with …

Nearly one-third of patients with focal epilepsy experience disabling seizures that are
refractory to pharmacotherapy. Drug-resistant focal epilepsy is, however, potentially curable …

Objective Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) is the most frequent pathological finding in pediatric
epilepsy surgery patients. Several histopathological types of FCD are distinguished. The aim …

Focal cortical dysplasias type II (FCD II) are highly epileptogenic lesions frequently causing
pharmacoresistant epilepsy. Detection of these lesions on MRI is still challenging as FCDs …

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Surgical treatment of cryptogenic neocortical epilepsy is challenging. The aim of this study
was to evaluate surgical outcomes and to identify possible prognostic factors including the …