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Extratemporal epilepsy

MedGen UID:
78737
•Concept ID:
C0270849
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Extratemporal Epilepsy; extratemporal epilepsy
SNOMED CT: Extratemporal epilepsy (111498005)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0002338

Definition

An epilepsy syndrome that is located in an area of the brain other than the temporal lobe. [from MONDO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVExtratemporal epilepsy

Professional guidelines

PubMed

EANM practice guidelines for an appropriate use of PET and SPECT for patients with epilepsy.
Traub-Weidinger T, Arbizu J, Barthel H, Boellaard R, Borgwardt L, Brendel M, Cecchin D, Chassoux F, Fraioli F, Garibotto V, Guedj E, Hammers A, Law I, Morbelli S, Tolboom N, Van Weehaeghe D, Verger A, Van Paesschen W, von Oertzen TJ, Zucchetta P, Semah F
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2024 Jun;51(7):1891-1908. Epub 2024 Feb 23 doi: 10.1007/s00259-024-06656-3. PMID: 38393374Free PMC Article
Pre-surgical evaluation and surgical treatment in children with extratemporal epilepsy.
Centeno RS, Yacubian EM, Sakamoto AC, Ferraz AF, Junior HC, Cavalheiro S
Childs Nerv Syst 2006 Aug;22(8):945-59. Epub 2006 Jul 11 doi: 10.1007/s00381-006-0145-0. PMID: 16832668
Presurgical evaluation and surgical treatment of medically refractory epilepsy.
Siegel AM
Neurosurg Rev 2004 Jan;27(1):1-18; discussion 19-21. Epub 2003 Oct 28 doi: 10.1007/s10143-003-0305-6. PMID: 14586764

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Seizure outcome after extratemporal epilepsy surgery in childhood.
D'Argenzio L, Colonnelli MC, Harrison S, Jacques TS, Harkness W, Scott RC, Cross JH
Dev Med Child Neurol 2012 Nov;54(11):995-1000. Epub 2012 Jul 22 doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04381.x. PMID: 22816374
An outcome analysis of seventeen patients treated surgically for intractable extratemporal epilepsy.
Mulholland D, Ali Z, Delanty N, Shahwan A, O'Brien DF
Ir Med J 2010 Jul-Aug;103(7):211-3. PMID: 20845601
Computer-assisted neurosurgery.
Maciunas RJ
Clin Neurosurg 2006;53:267-71. PMID: 17380761
Focal cortical resections for the treatment of extratemporal epilepsy in children.
Prats AR, Morrison G, Wolf AL
Neurosurg Clin N Am 1995 Jul;6(3):533-40. PMID: 7670326
Surgical treatment of children with medically intractable frontal or temporal lobe epilepsy: results and highlights of 40 years' experience.
Fish DR, Smith SJ, Quesney LF, Andermann F, Rasmussen T
Epilepsia 1993 Mar-Apr;34(2):244-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1993.tb02405.x. PMID: 8453932

Diagnosis

Successful surgical resection in non-lesional operculo-insular epilepsy without intracranial monitoring.
Chiosa V, Granziera C, Spinelli L, Pollo C, Roulet-Perez E, Groppa S, Seeck M
Epileptic Disord 2013 Jun;15(2):148-57. doi: 10.1684/epd.2013.0581. PMID: 23820892
Surgical management of medial extratemporal epilepsy.
Zaghloul KA, Schramm J
Handb Clin Neurol 2012;108:919-23. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52899-5.00037-X. PMID: 22939075
Presurgical evaluation and surgical treatment of medically refractory epilepsy.
Siegel AM
Neurosurg Rev 2004 Jan;27(1):1-18; discussion 19-21. Epub 2003 Oct 28 doi: 10.1007/s10143-003-0305-6. PMID: 14586764
Language lateralization by Wada test and fMRI in 100 patients with epilepsy.
Woermann FG, Jokeit H, Luerding R, Freitag H, Schulz R, Guertler S, Okujava M, Wolf P, Tuxhorn I, Ebner A
Neurology 2003 Sep 9;61(5):699-701. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000078815.03224.57. PMID: 12963768
Magnetoencephalography in extratemporal epilepsy.
Stefan H, Hummel C, Hopfengärtner R, Pauli E, Tilz C, Ganslandt O, Kober H, Möler A, Buchfelder M
J Clin Neurophysiol 2000 Mar;17(2):190-200. doi: 10.1097/00004691-200003000-00008. PMID: 10831110

Therapy

Insular Cortex Surgery for the Treatment of Refractory Epilepsy.
von Lehe M, Parpaley Y
J Clin Neurophysiol 2017 Jul;34(4):333-339. doi: 10.1097/WNP.0000000000000393. PMID: 28520633
Successful surgical resection in non-lesional operculo-insular epilepsy without intracranial monitoring.
Chiosa V, Granziera C, Spinelli L, Pollo C, Roulet-Perez E, Groppa S, Seeck M
Epileptic Disord 2013 Jun;15(2):148-57. doi: 10.1684/epd.2013.0581. PMID: 23820892
An outcome analysis of seventeen patients treated surgically for intractable extratemporal epilepsy.
Mulholland D, Ali Z, Delanty N, Shahwan A, O'Brien DF
Ir Med J 2010 Jul-Aug;103(7):211-3. PMID: 20845601
Surgical outcomes in lesional and non-lesional epilepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Téllez-Zenteno JF, Hernández Ronquillo L, Moien-Afshari F, Wiebe S
Epilepsy Res 2010 May;89(2-3):310-8. Epub 2010 Mar 15 doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.02.007. PMID: 20227852
Neuropsychological outcome following focal cortical removal for intractable epilepsy in children.
Lah S
Epilepsy Behav 2004 Dec;5(6):804-17. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2004.08.005. PMID: 15582827

Prognosis

Reasons for not having epilepsy surgery.
Khoo A, de Tisi J, Mannan S, O'Keeffe AG, Sander JW, Duncan JS
Epilepsia 2021 Dec;62(12):2909-2919. Epub 2021 Sep 23 doi: 10.1111/epi.17083. PMID: 34558079
Current value of intraoperative electrocorticography (iopECoG).
Roessler K, Heynold E, Buchfelder M, Stefan H, Hamer HM
Epilepsy Behav 2019 Feb;91:20-24. Epub 2018 Nov 9 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.06.053. PMID: 30420228
Seizure outcome after extratemporal epilepsy surgery in childhood.
D'Argenzio L, Colonnelli MC, Harrison S, Jacques TS, Harkness W, Scott RC, Cross JH
Dev Med Child Neurol 2012 Nov;54(11):995-1000. Epub 2012 Jul 22 doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04381.x. PMID: 22816374
Magnetoencephalographic localization in pediatric epilepsy surgery: comparison with invasive intracranial electroencephalography.
Minassian BA, Otsubo H, Weiss S, Elliott I, Rutka JT, Snead OC 3rd
Ann Neurol 1999 Oct;46(4):627-33. doi: 10.1002/1531-8249(199910)46:4<627::aid-ana11>3.0.co;2-c. PMID: 10514100
Surgical treatment of children with medically intractable frontal or temporal lobe epilepsy: results and highlights of 40 years' experience.
Fish DR, Smith SJ, Quesney LF, Andermann F, Rasmussen T
Epilepsia 1993 Mar-Apr;34(2):244-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1993.tb02405.x. PMID: 8453932

Clinical prediction guides

Seizure latency and epilepsy localization as predictors of recurrence following epilepsy surgery.
Klodowski DA, George BJ, Sperling MR
Epilepsia 2022 May;63(5):1074-1080. Epub 2022 Mar 21 doi: 10.1111/epi.17224. PMID: 35286721
Reasons for not having epilepsy surgery.
Khoo A, de Tisi J, Mannan S, O'Keeffe AG, Sander JW, Duncan JS
Epilepsia 2021 Dec;62(12):2909-2919. Epub 2021 Sep 23 doi: 10.1111/epi.17083. PMID: 34558079
Connectome biomarkers of drug-resistant epilepsy.
Larivière S, Bernasconi A, Bernasconi N, Bernhardt BC
Epilepsia 2021 Jan;62(1):6-24. Epub 2020 Nov 25 doi: 10.1111/epi.16753. PMID: 33236784
Current value of intraoperative electrocorticography (iopECoG).
Roessler K, Heynold E, Buchfelder M, Stefan H, Hamer HM
Epilepsy Behav 2019 Feb;91:20-24. Epub 2018 Nov 9 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.06.053. PMID: 30420228
Current trends in electroencephalography.
Blume WT
Curr Opin Neurol 2001 Apr;14(2):193-7. doi: 10.1097/00019052-200104000-00010. PMID: 11262735

Recent systematic reviews

Surgical outcomes between temporal, extratemporal epilepsies and hypothalamic hamartoma: systematic review and meta-analysis of MRI-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy for drug-resistant epilepsy.
Barot N, Batra K, Zhang J, Klem ML, Castellano J, Gonzalez-Martinez J, Bagic A
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2022 Feb;93(2):133-143. Epub 2021 Jul 28 doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2021-326185. PMID: 34321344
Connectome biomarkers of drug-resistant epilepsy.
Larivière S, Bernasconi A, Bernasconi N, Bernhardt BC
Epilepsia 2021 Jan;62(1):6-24. Epub 2020 Nov 25 doi: 10.1111/epi.16753. PMID: 33236784
Social outcomes after temporal or extratemporal epilepsy surgery: a systematic review.
Hamiwka L, Macrodimitris S, Tellez-Zenteno JF, Metcalfe A, Wiebe S, Kwon CS, Jetté N; CASES Investigators
Epilepsia 2011 May;52(5):870-9. Epub 2011 Apr 19 doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03074.x. PMID: 21561446
Neuropsychological outcomes after epilepsy surgery: systematic review and pooled estimates.
Sherman EM, Wiebe S, Fay-McClymont TB, Tellez-Zenteno J, Metcalfe A, Hernandez-Ronquillo L, Hader WJ, Jetté N
Epilepsia 2011 May;52(5):857-69. Epub 2011 Mar 22 doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03022.x. PMID: 21426331
Surgical outcomes in lesional and non-lesional epilepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Téllez-Zenteno JF, Hernández Ronquillo L, Moien-Afshari F, Wiebe S
Epilepsy Res 2010 May;89(2-3):310-8. Epub 2010 Mar 15 doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.02.007. PMID: 20227852

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