Epileptic Disorders
MENUSuccessful surgical resection in non-lesional operculo-insular epilepsy without intracranial monitoring Volume 15, numéro 2, June 2013
Illustrations
Vitalie Chiosa, Cristina Granziera, Laurent Spinelli, Claudio Pollo, Eliane Roulet-Perez, Stanislav Groppa, Margitta Seeck
Department of Neurology, Chisinau, Moldova, Department of Neurology, Lausanne, Department of Neurology, Geneva, Department of Neurosurgery, Lausanne, Department of Neuropaediatrics, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Mots-clés : seizure, insular epilepsy, epilepsy surgery, presurgical assessment
- DOI : 10.1684/epd.2013.0581
- Page(s) : 148-57
- Année de parution : 2013
Pre-operative assessment and surgical management of patients with non-lesional extratemporal epilepsy remain challenging due to a lack of precise localisation of the epileptic zone. In most cases, invasive recording with depth or subdural electrodes is required. Here, we describe the case of 6.5-year-old girl who underwent comprehensive non-invasive phase I video-EEG investigation for drug-resistant epilepsy, including electric source and nuclear imaging. Left operculo-insular epilepsy was diagnosed. Post-operatively, she developed aphasia which resolved within one year, corroborating the notion of enhanced language plasticity in children. The patient remained seizure-free for more than three years.