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Video-EEG and ictal SPECT findings suggest that all seizures in HH-related epilepsy originate in the HH, with two clinical epilepsy syndromes: one resembling temporal lobe epilepsy and a more catastrophic syndrome, with features of a symptomatic generalized epilepsy. The epilepsy syndrome may be determined by HH size or by seizure spread pattern.

Giant aneurysms have rarely been reported in association with intractable complex partial seizures (CPS). We report a 30-year-old man with intractable CPS since age 18 years. Seizure onset was electrically localized to right temporal lobe. Preoperative neuroimaging studies showed a partially thrombosed giant aneurysm of the right posterior cerebral artery. Selective amygdalohippocampectomy and occlusion of the posterior cerebral artery did not cause deficits. The patient has been seizure-free for 15 months after operation. We review the relevant literature on aneurysms as a cause of epilepsy.

-This is a retrospective study of 21 surgically treated patients with temporal lobe tumors and epilepsy. Evaluation included clinical data, EEG findings, structural scans, pathological diagnosis and postsurgical follow-up. There were 9 cases of ganglioglioma, 5 pilocytic astrocytoma, 3 ganglioneuroma, 2 dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor, 1 pleomorphic xantoastrocytoma, and 1 meningioangiomatosis. Mean follow-up time was 22 months and outcome was evaluated according to Engel's classification; 76.2% were classified in class I and 23.8% in II and III. All patients classes II and III had been submitted to mesial and neocortical resections. There were no differences related to clinical characteristics, pathological diagnosis or duration of follow-up in patients seizure-free or not. All patients had abnormal MRI and ten of these had normal CT; the MRI characteristics were compared to pathological diagnosis and specific histological characteristics of the tumors were not discernible by MRI. We concluded that MRI was essential for the diagnosis and precise location of TL tumors. Ganglioglioma was the most frequent tumor and lesionectomy associated to mesial resection doesn't guarantee a better prognosis.KEY WORDS: epilepsy, temporal tumor, clinical aspects, surgical outcome, MRI.Características clínicas, de neuroimagem estrutural e prognóstico cirúrgico de pacientes com tumor do lobo temporal e epilepsia RESUMO -Este é um estudo retrospectivo de 21 pacientes com epilepsia e tumores do lobo temporal tratados cirurgicamente. A avaliação incluiu dados clínicos, eletrencefalográficos, de neuroimagem, anatomia patológica e seguimento pós-operatório. Eram 9 casos de ganglioglioma, 5 de astrocitoma pilocítico, 3 de ganglioneuroma, 2 de tumor neuroectodérmico disembrioplástico, 1 de xantoastrocitoma pleomórfico e 1 de meningoangiomatose. A média de tempo de seguimento pós-operatório foi 22 meses e o prognóstico foi avaliado de acordo com a classificação de Engel; 76,2% encontravam-se na classe I e o restante nas classes II e III. Todos os pacientes que se encontravam nas classes II e III haviam sido submetidos a ressecção do tumor e de estruturas mesiais temporais. Não encontramos diferenças entre os grupos quanto as características clínicas, histológicas e tempo de seguimento. Dez pacientes apresentavam TC normal; os achados na RM foram comparados ao diagnóstico patológico, mas não encontramos características específicas relacionadas ao tipo de tumor. O estudo por RM foi essencial para o diagnóstico e localização precisa da lesão. Ganglioglioma foi o tumor mais freqüente e lesionectomia associada a ressecção mesial não proporcionou melhor prognóstico. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: epilepsia, tumor do lobo temporal, clínica, prognóstico cirúrgico e ressonância magnética.New neuroimaging techniques, especially MRI, have allowed more frequent detection of structural abnormalities, such as discrete neuronal migration disorders, gliosis and slow growing tumors in patients with medically refractory epilepsy 1 . Small growing tumors ...