Open AccessThe extratemporal lobe epilepsies in the epilepsy monitoring unit
Author(s) -
Deepa Dash,
Manjari Tripathi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/0972-2327.128655
Subject(s) - temporal lobe , semiology , medicine , epilepsy , lobe , presentation (obstetrics) , occipital lobe , hamartoma , frontal lobe , neuroscience , anatomy , radiology , psychology , pathology , psychiatry
Extratemporal lobe epilepsies (ETLE) are characterized by the epileptogenic foci outside the temporal lobe. They have a wide spectrum of semiological presentation depending upon the site of origin. They can arise from frontal, parietal, occipital lobes and from hypothalamic hamartoma. We discuss in this review the semiology of different types of ETLE encountered in the epilepsy monitoring unit.