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Extratemporal epilepsy

MedGen UID:
78737
•Concept ID:
C0270849
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Extratemporal Epilepsy; extratemporal epilepsy
SNOMED CT: Extratemporal epilepsy (111498005)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0002338

Definition

An epilepsy syndrome that is located in an area of the brain other than the temporal lobe. [from MONDO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVExtratemporal epilepsy

Professional guidelines

PubMed

EANM practice guidelines for an appropriate use of PET and SPECT for patients with epilepsy.
Traub-Weidinger T, Arbizu J, Barthel H, Boellaard R, Borgwardt L, Brendel M, Cecchin D, Chassoux F, Fraioli F, Garibotto V, Guedj E, Hammers A, Law I, Morbelli S, Tolboom N, Van Weehaeghe D, Verger A, Van Paesschen W, von Oertzen TJ, Zucchetta P, Semah F
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2024 Jun;51(7):1891-1908. Epub 2024 Feb 23 doi: 10.1007/s00259-024-06656-3. PMID: 38393374Free PMC Article
Pre-surgical evaluation and surgical treatment in children with extratemporal epilepsy.
Centeno RS, Yacubian EM, Sakamoto AC, Ferraz AF, Junior HC, Cavalheiro S
Childs Nerv Syst 2006 Aug;22(8):945-59. Epub 2006 Jul 11 doi: 10.1007/s00381-006-0145-0. PMID: 16832668
Presurgical evaluation and surgical treatment of medically refractory epilepsy.
Siegel AM
Neurosurg Rev 2004 Jan;27(1):1-18; discussion 19-21. Epub 2003 Oct 28 doi: 10.1007/s10143-003-0305-6. PMID: 14586764

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Reasons for not having epilepsy surgery.
Khoo A, de Tisi J, Mannan S, O'Keeffe AG, Sander JW, Duncan JS
Epilepsia 2021 Dec;62(12):2909-2919. Epub 2021 Sep 23 doi: 10.1111/epi.17083. PMID: 34558079
Computer-assisted neurosurgery.
Maciunas RJ
Clin Neurosurg 2006;53:267-71. PMID: 17380761
Pre-surgical evaluation and surgical treatment in children with extratemporal epilepsy.
Centeno RS, Yacubian EM, Sakamoto AC, Ferraz AF, Junior HC, Cavalheiro S
Childs Nerv Syst 2006 Aug;22(8):945-59. Epub 2006 Jul 11 doi: 10.1007/s00381-006-0145-0. PMID: 16832668
Focal extratemporal epilepsy: clinical features, EEG patterns, and surgical approach.
Kutsy RL
J Neurol Sci 1999 Jun 15;166(1):1-15. doi: 10.1016/s0022-510x(99)00107-0. PMID: 10465493
Multiple subpial transection in patients with extratemporal epilepsy.
Smith MC
Epilepsia 1998;39 Suppl 4:S81-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb05128.x. PMID: 9637596

Diagnosis

Reasons for not having epilepsy surgery.
Khoo A, de Tisi J, Mannan S, O'Keeffe AG, Sander JW, Duncan JS
Epilepsia 2021 Dec;62(12):2909-2919. Epub 2021 Sep 23 doi: 10.1111/epi.17083. PMID: 34558079
Current value of intraoperative electrocorticography (iopECoG).
Roessler K, Heynold E, Buchfelder M, Stefan H, Hamer HM
Epilepsy Behav 2019 Feb;91:20-24. Epub 2018 Nov 9 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.06.053. PMID: 30420228
Surgical management of medial extratemporal epilepsy.
Zaghloul KA, Schramm J
Handb Clin Neurol 2012;108:919-23. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52899-5.00037-X. PMID: 22939075
Multiple subpial transection in patients with extratemporal epilepsy.
Smith MC
Epilepsia 1998;39 Suppl 4:S81-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb05128.x. PMID: 9637596
Extratemporal epilepsy: clinical presentation, pre-operative EEG localization and surgical outcome.
Quesney LF
Acta Neurol Scand Suppl 1992;140:81-94. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1992.tb04475.x. PMID: 1441914

Therapy

Random ensemble learning for EEG classification.
Hosseini MP, Pompili D, Elisevich K, Soltanian-Zadeh H
Artif Intell Med 2018 Jan;84:146-158. Epub 2018 Jan 3 doi: 10.1016/j.artmed.2017.12.004. PMID: 29306539
Insular Cortex Surgery for the Treatment of Refractory Epilepsy.
von Lehe M, Parpaley Y
J Clin Neurophysiol 2017 Jul;34(4):333-339. doi: 10.1097/WNP.0000000000000393. PMID: 28520633
Long-term outcome and predictors of resective surgery prognosis in patients with refractory extratemporal epilepsy.
Hanáková P, Brázdil M, Novák Z, Hemza J, Chrastina J, Ošlejšková H, Hermanová M, Pažourková M, Rektor I, Kuba R
Seizure 2014 Apr;23(4):266-73. Epub 2013 Dec 13 doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2013.12.003. PMID: 24378203
Neuropsychological outcomes after epilepsy surgery: systematic review and pooled estimates.
Sherman EM, Wiebe S, Fay-McClymont TB, Tellez-Zenteno J, Metcalfe A, Hernandez-Ronquillo L, Hader WJ, Jetté N
Epilepsia 2011 May;52(5):857-69. Epub 2011 Mar 22 doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03022.x. PMID: 21426331
Surgical outcomes in lesional and non-lesional epilepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Téllez-Zenteno JF, Hernández Ronquillo L, Moien-Afshari F, Wiebe S
Epilepsy Res 2010 May;89(2-3):310-8. Epub 2010 Mar 15 doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.02.007. PMID: 20227852

Prognosis

Reasons for not having epilepsy surgery.
Khoo A, de Tisi J, Mannan S, O'Keeffe AG, Sander JW, Duncan JS
Epilepsia 2021 Dec;62(12):2909-2919. Epub 2021 Sep 23 doi: 10.1111/epi.17083. PMID: 34558079
Connectome biomarkers of drug-resistant epilepsy.
Larivière S, Bernasconi A, Bernasconi N, Bernhardt BC
Epilepsia 2021 Jan;62(1):6-24. Epub 2020 Nov 25 doi: 10.1111/epi.16753. PMID: 33236784
Current value of intraoperative electrocorticography (iopECoG).
Roessler K, Heynold E, Buchfelder M, Stefan H, Hamer HM
Epilepsy Behav 2019 Feb;91:20-24. Epub 2018 Nov 9 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.06.053. PMID: 30420228
Multiple subpial transection in patients with extratemporal epilepsy.
Smith MC
Epilepsia 1998;39 Suppl 4:S81-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb05128.x. PMID: 9637596
Epilepsy surgery in children.
Duchowny M
Curr Opin Neurol 1995 Apr;8(2):112-6. doi: 10.1097/00019052-199504000-00004. PMID: 7620583

Clinical prediction guides

Reasons for not having epilepsy surgery.
Khoo A, de Tisi J, Mannan S, O'Keeffe AG, Sander JW, Duncan JS
Epilepsia 2021 Dec;62(12):2909-2919. Epub 2021 Sep 23 doi: 10.1111/epi.17083. PMID: 34558079
Connectome biomarkers of drug-resistant epilepsy.
Larivière S, Bernasconi A, Bernasconi N, Bernhardt BC
Epilepsia 2021 Jan;62(1):6-24. Epub 2020 Nov 25 doi: 10.1111/epi.16753. PMID: 33236784
Current value of intraoperative electrocorticography (iopECoG).
Roessler K, Heynold E, Buchfelder M, Stefan H, Hamer HM
Epilepsy Behav 2019 Feb;91:20-24. Epub 2018 Nov 9 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.06.053. PMID: 30420228
Surgical Treatment of Extratemporal Epilepsy: Results and Prognostic Factors.
Delev D, Oehl B, Steinhoff BJ, Nakagawa J, Scheiwe C, Schulze-Bonhage A, Zentner J
Neurosurgery 2019 Jan 1;84(1):242-252. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyy099. PMID: 29618099
Current trends in electroencephalography.
Blume WT
Curr Opin Neurol 2001 Apr;14(2):193-7. doi: 10.1097/00019052-200104000-00010. PMID: 11262735

Recent systematic reviews

Surgical outcomes between temporal, extratemporal epilepsies and hypothalamic hamartoma: systematic review and meta-analysis of MRI-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy for drug-resistant epilepsy.
Barot N, Batra K, Zhang J, Klem ML, Castellano J, Gonzalez-Martinez J, Bagic A
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2022 Feb;93(2):133-143. Epub 2021 Jul 28 doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2021-326185. PMID: 34321344
Connectome biomarkers of drug-resistant epilepsy.
Larivière S, Bernasconi A, Bernasconi N, Bernhardt BC
Epilepsia 2021 Jan;62(1):6-24. Epub 2020 Nov 25 doi: 10.1111/epi.16753. PMID: 33236784
Social outcomes after temporal or extratemporal epilepsy surgery: a systematic review.
Hamiwka L, Macrodimitris S, Tellez-Zenteno JF, Metcalfe A, Wiebe S, Kwon CS, Jetté N; CASES Investigators
Epilepsia 2011 May;52(5):870-9. Epub 2011 Apr 19 doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03074.x. PMID: 21561446
Neuropsychological outcomes after epilepsy surgery: systematic review and pooled estimates.
Sherman EM, Wiebe S, Fay-McClymont TB, Tellez-Zenteno J, Metcalfe A, Hernandez-Ronquillo L, Hader WJ, Jetté N
Epilepsia 2011 May;52(5):857-69. Epub 2011 Mar 22 doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03022.x. PMID: 21426331
Surgical outcomes in lesional and non-lesional epilepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Téllez-Zenteno JF, Hernández Ronquillo L, Moien-Afshari F, Wiebe S
Epilepsy Res 2010 May;89(2-3):310-8. Epub 2010 Mar 15 doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2010.02.007. PMID: 20227852

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