Table 1.
Clinical description of 12 patients from St. Anne’s University Hospital that were used for pseudo-prospective testing.
| Subject | Gender | Age at SEEG | Precipitating event | Age at Seizure onset | MRI before SEEG (signs of) | SEEG monitoring (days) | Type and side of epilepsy | SOZ | Intervention/histopathology | Postoperative outcome Engel (follow-up, year) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M | 26 | – | 10 | Normal | 10 | E/RX | Orbitofrontal subgenual cortex | Resection of T pole, subgenual and dorsal part of orbitofrontal cortex | IA (6) |
| 2 | M | 24 | – | 14 | Lesion (cavernoma) in dorsal part of left cingulate gyrus | 12 | E/LT | Dorsal part of cingulate gyrus | Lesionectomy/AVM | IB (5) |
| 3 | F | 27 | – | 19 | Low grade gliom/DNET within posterior part of right cingulate gyrus | 10 | E/RX | mesial PO area | Lesionectomy/oligodendroglia-like cells | IIIA (5) |
| 4 | F | 58 | – | 12 | Postsurgical changes (left AMTR) | 9 | T/bilaterally | Hippocampus bilaterally (mainly right side) | VNS | |
| 5 | F | 49 | – | 20 | Normal | 9 | T/RX | Anterior part of GTM, hippocampus | AMTR/negat | IA(5) |
| 6 | M | 45 | Commotio cerebri | 16 | Left T pole agenesis, arachnoid cyst | 10 | T/LT | T pole | Cortectomy/FCD III NOS | IA(5) |
| 7 | M | 28 | – | 12 | suspected FCD in dorsal part of right superior T gyrus | 10 | T/RX | T pole. superior temporal sulcus | Cortectomy/FCD IIB, nodular heterotophy | IVA (4) |
| 8 | M | 27 | – | 10 | Normal | 8 | E/RX | Not founded | VNS | |
| 9 | F | 25 | Meningoencephalitis | 5 | Postencephalitic changes of left frontal lobe, left hippocampal sclerosis | 10 | T/LT | Hippocampus | AMTR/HS type I | IA (4) |
| 10 | M | 47 | Commotio cerebri | 6 | Nonspecific white matter lesions FT bilaterally | 9 | E/RX | Anterior insula | Cortectomy/FCD Ib | IIIA (4) |
| 11 | M | 23 | – | 15 | Normal | 7 | E/LT | Anterior operculoinsular area | Cortectomy/FCD IIa | IC (3) |
| 12 | M | 27 | Commotio cerebri | 14 | Normal | 11 | E/LT | Posterior part of lingual gyrus | Cortectomy/negat | IC(3) |
M male, F female; SEEG stereoelectroencephalography; E extratemporal; T temporal; PO parieto-occipital; FT fronto-temporal; RX/LT right/left; GTM medial temporal gyrus; SOZ seizure onset zone; AMTR anteromedial temporal resection; DNET dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor; AVM arteriovenous malformation; FCD focal cortical dysplasia; HS hippocampal sclerosis; VNS vagus nerve stimulation.