Claude Steriade1, Lara Jehi2, Balu Krishnan2, Marcia Morita-Sherman2, Ahsan N V Moosa2, Stephen Hantus2, Patrick Chauvel2. 1. Epilepsy Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA; New York University Langone Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, New York University, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: claude.steriade@nyulangone.org. 2. Epilepsy Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Postencephalitic epilepsy is often resistant to antiseizure medications, leading to evaluation for epilepsy surgery. Characterizing its localization carries implications for optimal surgical approach. We aimed to determine whether a prior history of encephalitis is associated with specific epileptogenic networks among patients with drug resistant epilepsy undergoing stereotactic EEG (SEEG). METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of drug resistant epilepsy, with and without a prior history of encephalitis. We analyzed SEEG recordings to identify patterns of seizure onset and organization. Seventeen patients with a history of encephalitis (of infectious etiology in two subjects) were identified from a database of patients undergoing SEEG and were compared to seventeen drug-resistant epilepsy controls without a history of encephalitis matched for confounding variables including pre-implantation hypotheses, epilepsy duration, age, and sex. RESULTS: Independent bilateral seizures were noted in 65% of the postencephalitic epilepsy cohort. We identified four SEEG-ictal patterns in patients with a prior history of encephalitis: (1) anteromesial temporal onset (24%), (2) anteromesial temporal onset with early spread to the perisylvian region (29%), (3) perisylvian (59%) and (4) synchronized anteromesial temporal and perisylvian (29%) onsets. Patterns 3 and 4, with perisylvian involvement at onset, were unique to the encephalitis group (p = 0.0003 and 0.04 respectively) and exhibited a "patchwork" organization. None of the encephalitis patients vs 5/7 matched controls had Engel I outcome (p = 0.0048). CONCLUSIONS: Postencephalitic epilepsies involve anteromesial temporal and perisylvian networks, often in a bilateral independent manner. Unique ictal patterns involving the perisylvian regions was identified in the encephalitis group, but not in the matched control group. SIGNIFICANCE: These findings may reflect a selective vulnerability of the perisylvian regions to epilepsy resulting from encephalitis, significantly mitigating the chances of success with SEEG-guided temporal resections.
OBJECTIVE:Postencephalitic epilepsy is often resistant to antiseizure medications, leading to evaluation for epilepsy surgery. Characterizing its localization carries implications for optimal surgical approach. We aimed to determine whether a prior history of encephalitis is associated with specific epileptogenic networks among patients with drug resistant epilepsy undergoing stereotactic EEG (SEEG). METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of drug resistant epilepsy, with and without a prior history of encephalitis. We analyzed SEEG recordings to identify patterns of seizure onset and organization. Seventeen patients with a history of encephalitis (of infectious etiology in two subjects) were identified from a database of patients undergoing SEEG and were compared to seventeen drug-resistant epilepsy controls without a history of encephalitis matched for confounding variables including pre-implantation hypotheses, epilepsy duration, age, and sex. RESULTS: Independent bilateral seizures were noted in 65% of the postencephalitic epilepsy cohort. We identified four SEEG-ictal patterns in patients with a prior history of encephalitis: (1) anteromesial temporal onset (24%), (2) anteromesial temporal onset with early spread to the perisylvian region (29%), (3) perisylvian (59%) and (4) synchronized anteromesial temporal and perisylvian (29%) onsets. Patterns 3 and 4, with perisylvian involvement at onset, were unique to the encephalitis group (p = 0.0003 and 0.04 respectively) and exhibited a "patchwork" organization. None of the encephalitispatients vs 5/7 matched controls had Engel I outcome (p = 0.0048). CONCLUSIONS:Postencephalitic epilepsies involve anteromesial temporal and perisylvian networks, often in a bilateral independent manner. Unique ictal patterns involving the perisylvian regions was identified in the encephalitis group, but not in the matched control group. SIGNIFICANCE: These findings may reflect a selective vulnerability of the perisylvian regions to epilepsy resulting from encephalitis, significantly mitigating the chances of success with SEEG-guided temporal resections.
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