Somatomotor fMRI in the pre-surgical evaluation of a case of focal epilepsy.
A child with intractable partial epilepsy who was found to have a focal lesion in the motor cortex underwent detailed pre-surgical and intraoperative investigations which enabled curative surgery without morbidity by minimizing a targeted resection. The pre-surgical assessment included mapping motor cortical function with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). This was subsequently correlated with the results of pre-surgical and intraoperative invasive corticography.
Holloway
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Radiology & Physics Unit, Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
Chong
W K
WK
Connelly
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Harkness
W H
WH
Gadian
D G
DG
D000293:Adolescent; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods