[Neuropathology of hard to control epilepsy. Study of 300 consecutive cases].
We report histopathological findings in 300 consecutive surgical specimens from epilepsy surgery during 6 years. Our material was mainly from temporal lobe epilepsy (70.33%). In 44% the diagnosis was hippocampal sclerosis. There were tumors in 15% of cases and neuronal migration disorders in 10%. The most common tumors were gangliogliomas (42.22%) and dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors (20%). We review the more frequent diagnosis in epilepsy surgery based on this series and comparing with literature.
Barbosa-Coutinho
L M
LM
Fundação Faculdade Federal de Ciências Médicas de Porto Alegre (FFFCMPA), Brasil.
Hilbig
A
A
Calcagnotto
M E
ME
Paglioli
E
E
Paglioli Neto
E
E
Da Costa
J C
JC
Palmini
A
A
De Paula
E C
EC
D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D012598:Sclerosis
Neuropatologia das epilepsias de difícil controle. Estudo de 300 casos consecutivos.