MAI , Roberto

The authors report on indications for, techniques of, and results of stereoelectroencephalography (stereo-EEG) monitoring in the presurgical evaluation of childhood drug-resistant focal epilepsy.

: Epilepsy surgery is an option for people with focal onset drug-resistant (DR) seizures but a delayed or incorrect diagnosis of epileptogenic zone (EZ) location limits its efficacy. Seizure semiological manifestations and their chronological appearance contain valuable information on the putative EZ location but their interpretation relies on...

We describe the case of a patient with nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy, presenting with periodic leg movements during sleep and complaining of excessive daytime sleepiness. With the support of intracerebral electroencephalogram recordings and the corroboration of the postoperative outcome, periodic leg movements during sleep and excessive...

Hyperkinetic seizures are considered a typical manifestation of nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (NFLE). Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy with mainly sleeprelated seizures have been described; however they commonly lack hyperkinetic activity and seizure frequency is low. We retrospectively analysed our population of 442 consecutive patients...

Background and objectives: Cingulate epilepsy (CE) is a rare and challenging type of focal epilepsy, due to the polymorphic semiology of the seizures, mimicking other types of epilepsy, and the limited utility of scalp-EEG. Methods: We selected consecutive drug-resistant subjects with CE who were seizure-free after surgery, with seizure onset...