A neuropathological, stereo-EEG, and MRI study of subcortical band heterotopia.
The authors performed an MRI, stereo-EEG, and pathology study on a woman with subcortical band heterotopia and partial epilepsy. Clinical manifestations of seizures always started when ictal discharges were present in outer and heterotopic cortices. Simultaneous activation of both cortices and presence of differentiated neurons in the white matter and the heterotopia strongly suggest that the cortices were anatomically and functionally interconnected.
Mai
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Epilepsy Surgery Center C. Munari, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Tassi
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Cossu
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Francione
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S
Lo Russo
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G
Garbelli
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R
Ferrario
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Galli
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Taroni
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Citterio
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Spreafico
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D000328:Adult; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging