Anatomo-electro-clinical correlations of hypermotor seizures with amygdala enlargement: Hippocampal seizure origin identified using stereoelectroencephalography.
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SUBMITTER: Ishizaki T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6305660 | biostudies-literature | 2019
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Anatomo-electro-clinical correlations of hypermotor seizures with amygdala enlargement: Hippocampal seizure origin identified using stereoelectroencephalography.
Ishizaki Tomotaka T Maesawa Satoshi S Nakatsubo Daisuke D Yamamoto Hiroyuki H Shibata Masashi M Kato Sachiko S Yoshida Mari M Natsume Jun J Hoshiyama Minoru M Wakabayashi Toshihiko T
Epilepsy & behavior case reports 20181012
•A drug-resistant epilepsy case showed hypermotor seizures and amygdala enlargement.•Seizure onset zone was the hippocampus, not amygdala, as revealed by SEEG.•The enlarged amygdala pathology was classified as FCD type I.•Selective amygdalohippocampectomy led to good outcomes. ...[more]
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