TY - JOUR
T1 - Stereo-electroencephalographic seizure localization in patients with mesial temporal sclerosis
T2 - A single center experience
AU - Zhang, Bill
AU - Podkorytova, Irina
AU - Hays, Ryan S
AU - Perven, Ghazala
AU - Agostini, Mark
AU - Harvey, Jay H
AU - Zepeda, Rodrigo
AU - Alick-Lindstrom, Sasha
AU - Dieppa, Marisara
AU - Doyle, Alexander
AU - Das, Rohit
AU - Lega, Bradley
AU - Ding, Kan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology
PY - 2024/1
Y1 - 2024/1
N2 - Objective: Epilepsy patients with mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS) on imaging who are drug-resistant usually undergo epilepsy surgery without previous invasive evaluation. However, up to one-third of patients are not seizure-free after surgery. Prior studies have identified risk factors for surgical failure, but it is unclear if they are associated with bilateral or discordant seizure onset. Methods: In this retrospective case series, we identified 17 epilepsy patients who had MRI-confirmed MTS but received invasive stereo-EEG (SEEG) evaluation before definitive intervention. We analyzed their presurgical risk factors in relation to SEEG seizure onset localization and MRI/SEEG concordance. Results: SEEG ictal onset was concordant with MTS localization (i.e. seizures started only from the hippocampus with MTS) in 5 out of 13 patients with unilateral MTS (UMTS) and in 3 out of 4 patients with bilateral MTS. No statistically significant association regarding concordance of SEEG ictal onset and MTS location was found in patients with such risk factors as a history of non-mesial temporal aura, frequent focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures, prior viral brain infection, or family history of epilepsy. Nine out of 13 UMTS patients had resective surgery only, 5 out of 9 (56 %) have Engel class I outcome at most recent follow-up (median 46.5 months, range 22–91 months). In Engel class I cohort, the SEEG ictal onset was concordant with MTS location in 3 out of 5 patients, and 2 patients had ipsilateral temporal neocortical ictal onset. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that patients with MTS might have discordant SEEG ictal onset (in 61.5% patients with UMTS in presented cohort), which may explain poor surgical outcome after destructive surgery in these cases. Significance: Although no statistically significant association was found in this under-powered study, these findings could be potentially valuable for future meta-analyses.
AB - Objective: Epilepsy patients with mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS) on imaging who are drug-resistant usually undergo epilepsy surgery without previous invasive evaluation. However, up to one-third of patients are not seizure-free after surgery. Prior studies have identified risk factors for surgical failure, but it is unclear if they are associated with bilateral or discordant seizure onset. Methods: In this retrospective case series, we identified 17 epilepsy patients who had MRI-confirmed MTS but received invasive stereo-EEG (SEEG) evaluation before definitive intervention. We analyzed their presurgical risk factors in relation to SEEG seizure onset localization and MRI/SEEG concordance. Results: SEEG ictal onset was concordant with MTS localization (i.e. seizures started only from the hippocampus with MTS) in 5 out of 13 patients with unilateral MTS (UMTS) and in 3 out of 4 patients with bilateral MTS. No statistically significant association regarding concordance of SEEG ictal onset and MTS location was found in patients with such risk factors as a history of non-mesial temporal aura, frequent focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures, prior viral brain infection, or family history of epilepsy. Nine out of 13 UMTS patients had resective surgery only, 5 out of 9 (56 %) have Engel class I outcome at most recent follow-up (median 46.5 months, range 22–91 months). In Engel class I cohort, the SEEG ictal onset was concordant with MTS location in 3 out of 5 patients, and 2 patients had ipsilateral temporal neocortical ictal onset. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that patients with MTS might have discordant SEEG ictal onset (in 61.5% patients with UMTS in presented cohort), which may explain poor surgical outcome after destructive surgery in these cases. Significance: Although no statistically significant association was found in this under-powered study, these findings could be potentially valuable for future meta-analyses.
KW - Epilepsy risk factors
KW - LITT
KW - MTS
KW - SEEG
KW - Temporal lobectomy
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cnp.2024.02.002
DO - 10.1016/j.cnp.2024.02.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 38516616
AN - SCOPUS:85188007248
SN - 2467-981X
VL - 9
SP - 106
EP - 111
JO - Clinical Neurophysiology Practice
JF - Clinical Neurophysiology Practice
ER -