Table 2.
Clinical details of patients with previously inconclusive EEG–functional MRI (absence of significant spike-related BOLD changes)
| Patients | Age/age of onset/ gender | Focus side | Localization | Cause | Scalp EEG focus | icEEG | Resection | Outcome | Follow-up (months) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 13/7/F | Left | Frontal | Left frontocentral FCD | Left frontocentral | − | Lesionectomy | Ia | >12 |
| 7 | 4/2/M | Left | Frontal | FCD | Left>Right frontal | − | Lesionectomy | Ia | >12 |
| 8 | 27/15/M | Left | Frontal | Post-traumatic | Left frontocentral | + | Left middle frontal cortectomy | Ia | >12 |
| 9 | 23/3/F | Left | Frontal | FCD | Left prefrontal | + | Lesionectomy left superior frontal | Ia | >12 |
| 10 | 6/4/F | Left | Insula | Probable FCD | Left centroparietal slowing | − | Left insular corticectomy | Ia | >12 |
| 11 | 26/4/F | Left | Parietal | Gliosis post- meningoencephalitis | Left parieto-occipital | + | Left parietooccipital | Ia | 3 |
| 12 | 18/7/F | Right | Parietal | FCD | Midline | + | Right medial parietal | Ia | >12 |
| 13 | 34/14/M | Left | Occipito- temporal | Cryptogenic | Left temporoparietal | Left inferior occipito- temporal | − | − | – |
| 14 | 15/0/F | Left | Parieto- temporal | Tuberous sclerosis | Left temporal | + | Left parietotemporal tuber | Ia | >12 |
| 15 | 46/3/F | Left | Temporal | HS | Left temporal | − | Left ATLR | Ia | 3 |
| 16 | 13/10/M | Left | Temporal | Medial temporal DNT | Right temporal | − | Left ATLR | Ia | 12 |
| 17 | 17/4/F | Left | Temporal | Medial temporal tumour | Left temporal | − | Lesionectomy | Ib | >12 |
| 18 | 5/2/F | Right | Temporal | Lateral temporal FCD | Right temporal | − | Lesionectomy | Ib | >12 |
| 19 | 15/10/F | Right | Temporal | Uncal dysplasia | Right temporal | − | Right ATLR | Ia | >12 |
| 20 | 38/32/F | Right | Temporal | HS | Right temporal | − | Right ATLR | Ib | >12 |
| 21 | 37/20/F | Right | Temporal | HS | Bilateral temporal | + | Right ATLR | Ia | >12 |
| 22 | 44/8/M | Right | Temporal | Hypothalamic haematoma | Right temporal | Right medial temporal | Right ATLR pending | − | – |
| 23 | 30/19/M | Right | Temporal | HS | Right temporal | − | Right ATLR | Ia | 12 |
| 24 | 28/20/F | Left | Temporal | HS | Left temporal | Left lateral temporal | - | − | – |
| 25 | 25/11/F | Left | Parietal | FCD | Left parieto-temporal | + | Left Parietal | Ia | >12 |
ATLR = anterior temporal lobe resection; DNT = dysembryoplastic neuro-epithelial tumour; FCD = focal cortical dysplasia; HS = hippocampal sclerosis; Ia = Seizure-free, no residual aura; Ib =Seizure-free, residual aura; icEEG = intracranial EEG; M/F = male/female.