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Investigation of paediatric occipital epilepsy using stereo-EEG reveals a better surgical outcome than in adults, especially when the supracalcarine area is affected Volume 20, numéro 5, October 2018

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Auteurs
1 Colentina Clinical Hospital, Neurology Department, Bucharest, Romania
2 Pediatric Neurosurgery, Rothschild Foundation Hospital, Paris
3 Neurosurgery Department, CHU Rennes, Rennes
4 Neurology Department, CHU Rennes, Rennes, France
* Correspondence: Mathilde Chipaux Pediatric Neurosurgery, Rothschild Foundation Hospital, Paris, France

Aims

Occipital epilepsy is the least common among surgical series because: (1) the location makes it hard to asses by EEG; (2) the seizure semiology often reflects propagation; and (3) surgery entails a high risk of neurological deficits. In children, subjective symptoms are harder to assess, adding to the difficulty of a proper diagnosis.