MEG LOCALIZATION OF INTERICTAL EPILEPTIC FOCAL ACTIVITY AND CONCOMITANT STEREOTAXIC RADIOSURGERY - A NONINVASIVE APPROACH FOR PATIENTS WITH FOCAL EPILEPSY

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作者
HELLSTRAND, E
ABRAHAMFUCHS, K
JERNBERG, B
KIHLSTROM, L
KNUTSSON, E
LINDQUIST, C
SCHNEIDER, S
WIRTH, A
机构
[1] SIEMENS MED ENGN GRP, ERLANGEN, GERMANY
[2] KAROLINSKA HOSP, DEPT NEUROSURG, S-10401 STOCKHOLM 60, SWEDEN
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10.1088/0967-3334/14/2/004
中图分类号
Q6 [生物物理学];
学科分类号
071011 ;
摘要
Two patients with complex partial epilepsy and tumour of the temporal lobe scheduled for gamma knife radiosurgery were evaluated pre- and postoperatively by multichannel magnetoencephalography (MEG). Centers of epileptic dipole activity found preoperatively disappeared after the focal irradiation as did the epileptic seizures. Thus, to combine stereotactic MEG and gamma knife radiosurgery seems to be a non-invasive alternative to the conventional neurosurgery in focal epilepsy.
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