Surgical outcome in patients with MRI-negative, PET-positive temporal lobe epilepsy

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Capraz İ., KURT G., Akdemir O., HIRFANOĞLU T., Oner Y., Sengezer T., ...More

SEIZURE-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPILEPSY, vol.29, pp.63-68, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 29
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.seizure.2015.03.015
  • Journal Name: SEIZURE-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPILEPSY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.63-68
  • Keywords: Medication-refractory epilepsy, Temporal lobe epilepsy, Epilepsy surgery, Electroencephalography, Magnetic resonance imaging, Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission, tomography, POSITRON-EMISSION-TOMOGRAPHY, FDG-PET, HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS, INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY, PROGNOSTIC-FACTORS, FEBRILE SEIZURES, SURGERY, LOBECTOMY, HYPOMETABOLISM, PREDICTORS
  • Gazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the long-term surgical outcomes of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-negative, fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET)-positive patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and compare them with those of patients with mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS).