Right hippocampal sclerosis is more common than left after febrile seizures.
Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is frequently associated with hippocampal sclerosis (HS) and a history of febrile convulsions (HFC). The authors investigated 292 patients with TLE due to HS. Left HS occurred more frequently (57%) than right HS (43%, p = 0.01). Forty-seven percent of the patients had HFC. In patients with right HS, HFC occurred in 59.6%, whereas in patients with left HS, HFC was present in 37.5%, showing a highly significant lateralization difference.
Janszky
J
J
National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Budapest, Hungary. janszky@index.hu
Woermann
F G
FG
Barsi
P
P
Schulz
R
R
Halász
P
P
Ebner
A
A
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D015897:Comorbidity; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012598:Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003294:Seizures, Febrile / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017678:Sex Distribution