Temporal encephaloceles in epilepsy patients and asymptomatic cases: Size may indicate epileptogenicity

• Published in: Epilepsia (Copenhagen) Vol. 62; no. 6; pp. 1354 - 1361
• Main Authors: Tsalouchidou, Panagiota‐Eleni, Mintziras, Ioannis, Biermann, Louise, Krause, Kristina, Bergmann, Marc‐Philipp, Belke, Marcus, Nimsky, Christopher, Schulze, Maximilian, Strzelczyk, Adam, Rosenow, Felix, Menzler, Katja, Knake, Susanne
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.06.2021
• Subjects: Asymptomatic; asymptomatic temporal encephaloceles; Encephalocele; Epilepsy; epilepsy surgery; Magnetic resonance imaging; MRI‐negative epilepsy; temporal encephaloceles; Temporal lobe; temporal lobe epilepsy; epilepsy surgery; asymptomatic temporal encephaloceles; temporal lobe epilepsy; MRI-negative epilepsy; temporal encephaloceles

Objective This study was undertaken to identify temporal encephaloceles (TEs) and examine their characteristics in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and extratemporal lobe epilepsy (ETLE), as well as in asymptomatic cases. Methods Four hundred fifty‐eight magnetic resonance imaging scans we...