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From the Department of Pediatrics, Neurology Division (Drs. Bocti, Lortie, Diadori, and Carmant), Department of Surgery, Neurosurgery Division (Drs. Bouthillier and Mercier), and Department of Pathology (Dr. Robitaille), Hôpital Ste-Justine, Université de Montréal, Canada.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Lionel Carmant, Department of Pediatrics, Neurology Division, Hôpital Ste-Justine, 3175, Côte Ste-Catherine, Montréal (Québec), H3T 1C5, Canada; e-mail: lionel.carmant{at}umontreal.ca
Objective: To characterize the pathologic findings of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) in children undergoing temporal lobectomy for refractory seizures and to correlate these findings with clinical presentation.
Methods: The authors reviewed the charts of all children who underwent anterior temporal lobectomy for refractory TLE from 1979 through 1999. A new neuropathologic analysis was performed blinded to clinical features and outcome.
Results: Twenty-two children met inclusion criteria. Mean age at onset of epilepsy was 3 years, 7 months (range 1 month to 10 years). Mean age at surgery was 10 years, 11 months (range 1 to 18 years). All patients had complex partial seizures, 48% with secondary generalization. Most had daily seizures. Auras were reported in 45% of patients. Post-resection follow-up averaged 5 years, 2 months (range 2 to 19 years). Seizure-free status was achieved in 41% of patients, and 14% had residual auras only. The most frequent neuropathologic abnormalities were cortical dysplasia (CD) of the temporal neocortex (14 of 22) and mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS) (12 of the 15 children with available hippocampal tissue). These two findings coexisted in seven children. MTS was associated with extra-hippocampal pathology in 8 of 12 (67%) of the cases.
Conclusions: MTS occurs frequently in association with CD in this population of children. The high incidence of dual pathology could explain the early age of seizure onset and high seizure frequency rate observed. TLE in childhood may constitute a different entity than in adults, from both the clinical and neuropathologic perspectives.
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