Table 2.
Sites of recurrence of temporal lobe tumours
| Local recurrence: | Reg recurrence: | Distant recurrence: | Neural pathway recurrence: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anterior/Pole: n = 22 | Anterior | Superior | Inferior Frontal Lobe | Ventricle | Superior | ||
| 11 (50%) | 10 (45%) | 6 (27%) | 3 (13%) | 11 (50%) | |||
| Lateral: n = 32 | Lateral | Tail of Caudate | Contralateral Hemisphere | Superior | |||
| 28 (87.5%) | 11 (34%) | 2 (6%) | 6 (19%) | ||||
| Medial/Hippocampal: n = 15 | Medial | Fornix | Occipital | Ventricle | Medial | Posterior | |
| 15 (65%) | 7 (30%) | 6 (26%) | 9 (39%) | 10 (43%) | 7 (30%) | ||
| Posterior: n = 15 | Posterior | Occipital | Ventricle | Posterior | |||
| 12 (80%) | 8 (53%) | 4 (27%) | 8 (53%) | ||||
| Superior/Insular: n = 17 | Superior | Inferior Frontal | Superior | ||||
| 15 (88%) | 4 (24%) | 0 (0%) | 8 (47%) | ||||