We herein describe two cases of patients with epilepsy with occipital lobe cortical dysplasia who were studied with both MR spectroscopy and MR diffusion imaging in addition to conventional MR imaging. Greater diffusion abnormalities, as well as more marked decreases in N-acetylaspartate, were observed to occur in the patient harboring a low grade neoplasm within an area of cortical dysplasia t...

We analysed the association between focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) visible in MRI and the location of equivalent current dipole (ECD) of single interictal scalp EEG spikes (IIS) in 11 epilepsy patients. We calculated several indicators of distance of ECDs to the FCD border. The results confirm some previous studies suggesting that the epileptogenic zone associated to the location of ECDs extend...

Malformations of cortical development may be associated with drug-resistant partial epilepsy suitable for surgical therapy. From the anatomopathological point of view, this categorisation has been used in reference to a wide range of alterations of the cortical mantle. Focal cortical dysplasias represent the main group of malformations of cortical development, but there are also other types of ...

Complex cortical malformations associated with mutations in tubulin genes: TUBA1A, TUBA8, TUBB2B, TUBB3, TUBB5 and TUBG1 commonly referred to as tubulinopathies, are a heterogeneous group of conditions with a wide spectrum of clinical severity. Among the 106 patients selected as having complex cortical malformations, 45 were found to carry mutations in TUBA1A (42.5%), 18 in TUBB2B (16.9%), 11 i...

Focal cortical dysplasia is a malformation of cortical development, which is the most common cause of medically refractory epilepsy in the pediatric population and the second/third most common etiology of medically intractable seizures in adults.Both genetic and acquired factors are involved in the pathogenesis of cortical dysplasia. Numerous classifications of the complex structural abnormalit...

We present the case of a patient with epilepsy arising from cortical dysplasia in his precentral gyrus. The lesion was resected based on the results of video-ECoG (electrocorticograph) monitoring and electrical cortical stimulation. The patient has been seizure-free for 1 year since operation, and no neurological deficits have been observed. We discuss possible mechanisms of cortical reorganiza...

Malformations of the cerebral cortex are often causes epilepsy. The latest changes in their classification summarized. description lissencephaly and Miller–Dicker syndrome, pachygyria, polymicrogyria, hemimegaloencephaly, holoprosencephaly, schizencephaly, gray matter heterotopia is given. features epilepsy these diseases described. Magnetic resonance imaging scans for focal cortical dysplasia,...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE MR imaging findings of cerebellar cortical dysplasia have been described as a new cerebellar malformation. The purpose of this study was to assess the association of cerebellar cortical dysplasia with other cerebral malformations. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 46 MR examinations of patients presenting with developmental delay, hypotonia, and facial deformities to ...