Seminars in Pediatric Neurology
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 63-67, March 2006

Epilepsy Surgery for the Neurocutaneous Disorders

  • Adam L. Hartman, MD
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  • Eric H. Kossoff, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Eric H. Kossoff, MD, Jefferson 128, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-1000.

Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD.

Patients with neurophakomatoses were not always considered to be candidates for surgical resection of epileptogenic foci, given the multifocal nature of their disease. Advances in imaging, monitoring, and surgical technique have allowed the identification of particularly active areas of cortex that may provide these patients with better seizure control than medications alone. Options for surgical resection range from focal resections (in those with localized disease) to hemispherectomies (in those with hemispheric involvement).

Keywords:  hemispherectomy , focal cortical resection , intracranial monitoring , PET

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PII: S1071-9091(06)00016-7

doi:10.1016/j.spen.2006.01.012

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 63-67, March 2006

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