title: Long-term ambulatory cassette EEG with sphenoidal recording in complex partial seizures.
abstract: Long-term ambulatory cassette EEG with sphenoidal recording (A/EEG-SP) was performed in 51 patients. Group A comprised 31 patients with a clinical diagnosis of complex partial seizures (CPS), and group B comprised 20 patients suspected of having CPS. In group A, detection of temporal spikes was 27% by routine EEG (R/EEG), 72% by sphenoidal EEG (SP/EEG), 27% by A/EEG with temporal chain montage, and 91% by A/EEG-SP. The highest yield achieved by A/EEG-SP as compared with other EEG recordings was documentation of spontaneous seizures of temporal lobe origin. The detection rate of spontaneous seizures by A/EEG-SP was approximately 30%, and the focal or regional onset of seizures could be determined in 60% of patients. In group B, detection of temporal spikes was 11% by R/EEG, 18% by SP/EEG, and 30% by A/EEG-SP. Spontaneous seizures were recorded by A/EEG-SP in two patients (10%). Thus, A/EEG-SP was more effective than A/EEG in detecting interictal and ictal temporal discharges, and A/EEG-SP was superior to SP/EEG in documenting spontaneous seizures of temporal lobe origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Medical College and Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Chu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D013100:Sphenoid Bone; D013637:Tape Recording; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*