Three-dimensional intracranial EEG monitoring in presurgical assessment of MRI-negative frontal lobe epilepsy

Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 Dec;95(50):e5192. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000005192.

Abstract

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-negative epilepsy is associated with poor clinical outcomes prognosis. The present study was aimed to assess whether intracranial 3D interictal and ictal electroencephalography (EEG) findings, a combination of EEG at a different depth, in addition to clinical, scalp EEG, and positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PETCT) data help to predict outcome in a series of patients with MRI-negative frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) after surgery.Patients with MRI-negative FLE who were presurgically evaluated by 3D-intracranial EEG (3D-iEEG) recording were included. Outcome predictors were compared in patients with seizure freedom (group 1) and those with recurrent seizures (group 2) at least 24 months after surgery.Forty-seven patients (15 female) were included in this study. MRI was found normal in 38 patients, whereas a focal or regional hypometabolism was observed in 33 cases. Twenty-three patients (48.9%) were seizure-free (Engel class I), and 24 patients (51.1%) continued to have seizures (12 were class II, 7 were class III, and 5 were class IV). Detailed analysis of intracranial EEG revealed widespread (>2 cm) (17.4%:75%; P = 0.01) in contrast to focal seizure onset as well as shorter latency to onset of seizure spread (5.9 ± 7.1 s; 1.4 ± 2.9 s; P = 0.016) and to ictal involvement of brain structures beyond the frontal lobe (21.8 ± 20.3 s; 4.9 ± 5.1 s; P = 0.025) in patients without seizure freedom.The results suggest that presurgical evaluation using 3D-iEEG monitoring lead to a better surgical outcome as seizure free in MRI-negative FLE patients.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Observational Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cohort Studies
  • Electroencephalography / methods*
  • Epilepsy, Frontal Lobe / diagnostic imaging*
  • Epilepsy, Frontal Lobe / surgery*
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Male
  • Monitoring, Physiologic / methods
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Preoperative Care / methods
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Assessment
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Video Recording
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18