Hypothalamic hamartoma: Is the epileptogenic zone always hypothalamic' Arguments for independent (third stage) secondary epileptogenesis

Epilepsia

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL. 9, 2013, Pages 123-128

  Scholly, Julia ^a,b   Valenti, Maria Paola ^a   Staack, Anke M ^b   Strobl, Karl ^b   Bast, Thomas ^b   Kehrli, Pierre ^a   Steinhoff, Bernhard J ^b   Hirsch, Edouard ^a,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b Epilepsiezentrum Kork   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^d CTRS IDEE   (France)

^e HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Secondary epileptogenesis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC HAMARTOMA; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SECONDARY EPILEPTOGENESIS; SURGERY; TEMPORAL LOBE; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC USE; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL;

EPILEPSY; HYPOTHALAMIC HAMARTOMA; SECONDARY EPILEPTOGENESIS; SURGERY;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPORAL LOBE; THIRD VENTRICLE;

EID: 84894303175     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12456     Document Type: Article

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