Risk factors for epilepsy in patients with cavernomas
X. Chen, S. Heinze, J. Iwinska-Zelder, A. Reuss, T. Dukatz, K. Hattemer, A. Pagenstecher, H. Bertalanffy, F. Rosenow, U. Sure · Aktuelle Neurologie · 2006 · Heft 09
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Objective: To study the correlation between clinical patient characteristics, localisation and radiological features of cavernomas (CA) and the presence of epilepsy in patients with CA. Methods: Between October 1996 and April 2005, 169 patients undergoing surgery for CA in the Department of Neurosurgery were studied retrospectively. The age, sex distribution, and preoperative neuroradiological appearance of CA including number, size, location of CA, and the relation between CA and cortex as well as the extension of edema were correlated to the presence of epilepsy. CA location, size, edema and cortical involveme…
