| Extratemporal white matter abnormalities in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy demonstrated with diffusion tensor imaging. | |
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PMID: 16922882 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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PURPOSE: Recent studies have demonstrated bilateral white matter abnormalities in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) patients with unilateral mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS). The purpose of this project was to determine whether abnormalities of water diffusion are seen in extratemporal white matter of patients with TLE and pathologically confirmed MTS and to determine whether these findings are associated with worse surgical outcome. METHODS: Eleven patients with TLE and unilateral MTS confirmed in surgical specimens and 14 controls were studied by using cerebrospinal fluid-suppressed diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and T2 relaxometry. RESULTS: Hippocampal T2 signal for patients was significantly elevated both ipsilateral (p<0.001) and contralateral (p=0.006) to MTS. DTI demonstrated reduced fractional anisotropy of the genu of the corpus callosum (p=0.003) and external capsule (p=0.02) and elevated mean diffusivity of the genu (p=0.005), splenium (p=0.03), and external capsule (p<0.001). For both the genu and external capsule, parallel diffusion of patients was not different from that of controls (genu, p=0.81; external capsule, p=0.45), whereas perpendicular diffusion was elevated (genu, p=0.001; external capsule, p<0.001). With mean postsurgical follow-up of 18.5 months, eight of 11 patients were entirely seizure free and the remaining three had all experienced a worthwhile reduction in seizure frequency. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that although patients with TLE and MTS have extensive bilateral and extratemporal pathology, these findings may not be associated with a worse postsurgical outcome. |
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Authors:
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Donald W Gross; Luis Concha; Christian Beaulieu |
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Epilepsia Volume: 47 ISSN: 0013-9580 ISO Abbreviation: Epilepsia Publication Date: 2006 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-08-22 Completed Date: 2006-09-15 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 2983306R Medline TA: Epilepsia Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1360-3 Citation Subset: IM |
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Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. donald.gross@ualberta.ca |
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Adult Anisotropy Brain / pathology*, surgery Brain Mapping Cerebral Cortex / pathology, surgery Corpus Callosum / pathology Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods, statistics & numerical data* Disease-Free Survival Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / pathology*, surgery Female Follow-Up Studies Functional Laterality* Hippocampus / pathology Humans Internal Capsule / pathology Male Middle Aged Preoperative Care Sclerosis / pathology Temporal Lobe / pathology, surgery Treatment Outcome |
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