Chronic depth electrodes study of one case of bitemporal epilepsy due to glial tumour. Some physiopathological considerations.
The authors describe a seventeen-years-old girl suffering from partial seizures with complex symptomatology. The neuroradiological studies demonstrated a slow-growing glial tumour seated deeply in the right temporo-occipital region. Scalp EEG demonstrated a bilateral asynchronous temporal focus without definite lateralization. Chronic depth electrodes recording allowed identification of a primary epileptogenic area in the right rhinencephalic structures. Radiofrequency lesions performed in the right amygdala and anterior third of right Ammon's horn abolished the seizures at ten months follow up.
D000293:Adolescent; D000679:Amygdala / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000150:complications*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008032:Limbic System / Q000503:physiopathology