. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 25.

Published in final edited form as: Arch Neurol. 2011 Mar;68(3):381–385. doi: 10.1001/archneurol.2011.21

Table 2.

Comparison Between Our Series and 14 Reviewed Cases of Confirmed Cingulate Gyrus Epilepsy in the Literature

Variable	Our Series (n=3)	Literature (n=14)^8–20
Male-female ratio	2:1	10:4
Right-left seizure ratio	0:3	10:3^a
Age at onset	Range, 31 to 38 y	Range, 6 mo to 31 y
Seizure frequency	All experienced several per day	14 Experienced several per day, 1 experienced >100/d
Seizure duration	Lasted seconds in 3, occasionally lasted minutes in 1	Lasted seconds in 11, lasted up to a few minutes in 2^b
2GTC seizures	0	2
Treatment result	All failed different antiepileptic drugs	12 Failed, 2 responded
MR imaging	All with lesions	9 With lesions
LOC	0	Not available
Surgical outcome	2 Seizure free, 1 with >98% reduction	7 Who underwent lesionectomy had >90% reduction

Abbreviations: 2GTC, secondary generalized tonic-clonic; LOC, loss of consciousness; MR, magnetic resonance.

One patient with bilateral hyperfusion on single-photon emission tomography.

Data were unavailable for the 14th case.