Neuropsychological findings related to the presence of pre-surgical comorbid depression in Latin-American patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and hippocampal sclerosis

Hippocampal sclerosis (HS) is a common pathological cause of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) [1,2], which is usually drug-resistant [3] and amenable to surgical treatment [4]. The role of neuropsychological evaluation in the routine care of people with epilepsy (PWE), especially in the pre-surgical evaluation, is to provide a comprehensive and objective assessment of cognitive functions [5]. Moreover, the side of HS seems to play a role in the neuropsychological profile of patients with MTLE [6].

Source: Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy - August 2, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Nath ália Stela Visoná de Figueiredo, Maryane Mendes Cavalcanti, Larissa Botelho Gaça, Maria Helena da Silva Noffs, Arthur Victor Menezes Sousa, Neide Barreira Alonso, Lenon Mazetto, Gerardo Maria de Araújo Filho, Elza Márcia Targas Yacubian, Laura M Source Type: research