1043-3155 Pediatr Neurol Briefs pedneurbriefs Pediatr Neurol Briefs Pediatric Neurology Briefs Pediatr Neurol Briefs 2166-6482 1043-3155 2166-3155 Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers Chicago, IL, USA PNB-11-35-a 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-11-5-3 Paroxysmal Nonepileptic Disorders Neurology Pediatrics Nervous System Diseases Child Development Brain Diseases Neurosurgery Child Infant Non-Epileptic Seizures with Interictal Spikes http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0173-7931 Millichap J. Gordon MD 1 2 * Division of Neurology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL Correspondence: Dr. J. Gordon Millichap, E-mail: jgmillichap@northwestern.edu 05 1997 01 05 2016 11 5 35 35 Copyright: © 1997 The Author(s) 1997 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Non-epileptic seizures in temporal lobectomy candidates with medically refractory seizures

Long-term EEG-video-monitoring (LTM) detected 12 (8%) patients with non-epileptic seizures (NESs) among 145 temporal lobectomy candidates with medically refractory seizures and interictal temporal EEG spikes in a study at Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.

 Non-Epileptic Seizures Long-Term EEG Video-Monitoring Interictal Temporal Lobe Spikes

Long-term EEG-video-monitoring (LTM) detected 12 (8%) patients with non-epileptic seizures (NESs) among 145 temporal lobectomy candidates with medically refractory seizures and interictal temporal EEG spikes in a study at Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA. Seven patients had epileptic seizures recorded and characterized by motionless staring in addition to NESs. LTM performed in temporal lobectomy candidates permits exclusion of those with NESs. [1]

COMMENT. Long-term EEG video-monitoring and ictal recordings are important pre-surgical evaluations in patients with medically refractory temporal lobe seizures and interictal temporal lobe spikes. Non-epileptic seizures are sometimes uncovered, though definitive exclusion of epileptic seizures may require intracranial EEG recordings.

Henry TR Drury I Non-epileptic seizures in temporal lobectomy candidates with medically refractory seizures Neurology 1997 May 48 5 1374 1382 10.1212/WNL.48.5.1374 9153476