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17825074

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-1-10
pubmed:abstractText
Focal cortical dyplasia (FCD) is a frequent cause of medication-resistant focal epilepsy. Patients with FCD may benefit from epilepsy surgery. However, it is difficult to intraoperatively define lesion boundaries. In this case report we present a novel tool to identify FCD intraoperatively. A patient with frontal lobe epilepsy underwent resection of a left frontomesial FCD. Image guidance was achieved by intraoperative ultrasound, which depicted the lesion with a higher resolution than preoperative MRI. Postoperatively the patient remained seizure free. Intraoperative ultrasound may be helpful in identifying and targeting subtle epileptogenic lesions, which are difficult to visualize.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0013-9580
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
49
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
156-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Intraoperative ultrasound to define focal cortical dysplasia in epilepsy surgery.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports