Seizure intractability in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy caused by hippocampal sclerosis as compared to mesiotemporal cavernomas

Introduction: The success of drug treatment is associated to the epilepsy syndrome and the underlying pathology, hippocampal sclerosis being an important risk factor for seizure recurrence. However, other mesiotemporal lesions like mesiotemporal cavernomas are also associated with a higher risk of intractability as compared to patients with extra-mesiotemporal lesions. The aim of the present study was to evaluate differences in seizure control as well as seizure semiology in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) caused by either hippocampal sclerosis or cavernomas. Methods: Data of eleven patients w…