title: Stereotactic location and excision of seizure focus with xenon-enhanced CT.
abstract: A case of intractable seizures, originating in the motor cortex, was successfully treated with excision of the seizure focus after precise location of the focus on depth electrode recordings. The depth electrode was placed stereotactically with coordinates from xenon-enhanced CT images. Prior attempts at treating the seizures with ablation of seizure foci had resulted in disappearance of seizure activity on electrocorticography study without cessation of clinical seizures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 68198-2035, USA.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Patil
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: McConnel
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Torkelson
mesh_terms: D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005911:Gliosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery; D009410:Nerve Degeneration / Q000502:physiology; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000502:physiology; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014978:Xenon
chemical_list: D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime; D014978:Xenon