[Neuropathology of hard to control epilepsy. Study of 300 consecutive cases]

Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 1999 Jun;57(2B):405-14. doi: 10.1590/s0004-282x1999000300011.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Cerebral Cortex / pathology
  • Epilepsies, Partial / pathology*
  • Epilepsies, Partial / surgery
  • Hippocampus / pathology
  • Humans
  • Sclerosis