title: Somatomotor fMRI in the pre-surgical evaluation of a case of focal epilepsy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Radiology & Physics Unit, Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Holloway
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Connelly
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Harkness
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Gadian
mesh_terms: 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