Prognostic factors of postoperative seizure outcome in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and normal magnetic resonance imaging

ConclusionCarefully selected patients with MRI-negative TLE can be good candidates for surgery. Surgery should be considered with caution in patients with clinical features of neocortical seizure onset and contralateral propagation of the discharge. Use of18F-FDG PET may be helpful to improve SEEG and surgical strategies. The presented data help in optimising the selection of patients with MRI-negative TLE with good chances to benefit from surgery.

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Source: Journal of Neurology - August 8, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research