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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 75:1309-1313 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.021972
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Magnetoencephalography (MEG) predicts focal epileptogenicity in cavernomas

Table 1

 Clinical data and results of investigation for the eight study patients

Patient no. Age of onset of seizures (years) Sex Sps/Cps/Sec tc Lesion(s) Video-EEG monitoring focus result MSI max. dist. to lesion* Treatment (final) Follow up†
*Max. dist. to lesion, maximum distance between dipole cluster and margin of lesion, with the site of lesion specified in case of multiple lesions.
†Follow up: according to Engel’s classification.
Ø, no relationship to lesion.
cps, complex partial seizures; EEG, electroencephalography; ext., extended; F, female; Fr, frontal; foc. st. RdT, focal stereotactic radiotherapy; HE, hippocampectomy; Le, left; LE, lesionectomy; M, male; MST, multiple stereotactic transsection; N, no; O, occipital; P, parietal; res, resection cavity after previous removal of a cavernoma; Ri, right; sec tc, secondary tonic clonic seizures; sps, simple partial seizures; tail. res., tailored resection according to intraoperative ECoG; T, temporal; Y, yes.
1 13 F Y 1: Le T Le Fr T 1: <2 cm ext. LE+HE 1A
2 11 F Y 1: Le T, res Le T>Ri T 1: Le T <2 cm 1: LE+ext. 3A
2: Le P 2: Le P <2 cm 2: MST
3: Ri F 3: Ø
3 23 M Y 1: Le T Le T 1: <1 cm ext. LE + HE 1B
4 6 M Y 1: Le PO Le T P O 1: Le P O <1 cm LE 4B
2: Le O 2: Ø
5 14 M Y 1: Le T, res Le T>Ri T 1: >3 cm foc. st. RdT 3A
6 20 M Y 1: Le T Ri Fr T>Li Fr T 1: Le T <1 cm Le T tail. res. 2A
2: Re Fr 2: Ø
7 20 M Y 1: Le Fr Le, Ri Fr T 1: <1 cm ext. LE 1A
8 11 M Y 1: Ri Fr Le, Ri Fr T 1: Ri Fr<1 cm none “4B”
2: Ri T 2: Ri Fr>3 cm
3: Ri O 3: Ø
4: Le O 4: Ø

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