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Lesionectomy as a surgical management of extratemporal epilepsy
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Abstract
Extratemporal lobe epilepsy is a condition in which an epileptic focus lies in an anatomical location other than the temporal lobe. It may or may not be related to an obvious pathological lesion seen on cerebral imaging. Extratemporal lobe epilepsy is usually harder to manage than temporal lobe epilepsy, the latter being mostly, but not always, related to the amygdalo-hyppocampal complex. In extratemporal lobe epilepsy the epileptic focus could be related to other anatomical areas such as the frontal lobe, parietal lobe or occipital lobe. Many pathological conditions can cause extra temporal epilepsy such as tumors, hematomas, contusions, gliosis, traumatic scars, etc. Long-term epilepsy associated tumors (LEAT) represent a well-known cause of focal epilepsies. Resection strategies in patients with tumor-related epilepsy vary from lesionectomy to larger epilepsy operations with no consensus on optimal approaches. This study aims at evaluating the role of surgical excision of extra temporal lesions in seizure outcome