Temporal lobe epilepsy of childhood onset.

Abstract

The patients were selected according to the following criteria; 1) neuroimaging studies, EEG and seizure types [mainly consisting of complex partial seizures (CPS)] indicated temporal lobe origin of epilepsy, 2) the onset of epilepsy before the age of 15, 3) followed up for more than 5 years, 4) 10 years of age or older at the last visit, 5) cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed at least once. There were 17 males and 17 females. The patients were divided into two groups according to MRI findings: 17 patients (9 males and 8 females) who were suspected of having mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS) because of atrophy of the unilateral mesial temporal lobe