Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the patients included M: male, F: female, MRI: Magnetic resonance image; PET: Positron emission tomography.
From: Seizure localization using pre ictal phase-amplitude coupling in intracranial electroencephalography
Patient | Sex/age (years) | Ictal Semiology | MRI | PET | Total number of contacts in depth electrodes | Numbers of seizures analysed | Localization of deep electrodes | Epileptogenic Zone | Hemisphere (Epileptogenic Zone) | Engel | Follow up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | F/22 | paraesthesia, bitter taste in the mouth, sharp sound and alteration of consciousness | normal | diffuse right frontal cortical hypometabolism | 44 | 5 | Right hippocampus, amygdala and insula | Insula | Right | II | 5 years |
2 | M/37 | alteration of consciousness, immobility, oral and right hand automatisms | normal | left temporal hypometabolism | 54 | 6 | Hippocampi bilaterally | Mesial temporal | Left | II | 2 years 8 months |
3 | M/19 | deja vu, alteration of consciousness, immobility and swallowing automatisms. | normal | mild hypometabolism bitemporal | 54 | 4 | Hippocampi bilaterally | Mesial temporal | Left/Right | No surgery yet | N/A |
4 | M/28 | speech arrest, fixed gaze, alteration of consciousness, immobility, slow right oculocephalic deviation. Some seizures were with secondarily generalized | Frontal cortical dysplasia | not performed | 45 | 6 | Frontal lesion | Frontal medial | Left | I | 3 years |
5 | M/33 | cephalic and ocular version to the right, deviation of the right labial commissure and aphasia of expression. Some seizures were with secondarily generalized | Frontal cortical dysplasia | not performed | 52 | 9 | Frontal lesion | Frontal lateral | Left | II | 2 years |
