
Presurgical non-invasive diagnosis of focal cortical dysplasia
Author(s) -
S. V. Mirkhaydarov
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
èpilepsiâ i paroksizmalʹnye sostoâniâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.112
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2311-4088
pISSN - 2077-8333
DOI - 10.17749/2077-8333.2018.10.4.061-071
Subject(s) - cortical dysplasia , epilepsy , neuroimaging , epilepsy surgery , medicine , dysplasia , abnormality , drug resistant epilepsy , neuroscience , pathology , psychology , psychiatry
In recent decades, MRI increased the success rate of the diagnosis and surgical treatment of epilepsy. Approximately 30% of patients with epilepsy suffer from the drug-resistant form of this disease. Focal cortical dysplasia is the most common abnormality of cortical development that is often associated with drug-resistance. Surgery has an important role in the treatment of epilepsy caused by focal cortical dysplasia. Focal cortical dysplasia is classified by its morphological characteristics. By large, focal cortical dysplasia can be diagnosed using the up-to-date neuroimaging tools. The aim of that paper is to review the methods available for the diagnosis of focal cortical dysplasia.