Epilepsy and brain tumors

DJ Englot, EF Chang, CJ Vecht - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2016 - Elsevier
Seizures are common in patients with brain tumors, and epilepsy can significantly impact
patient quality of life. Therefore, a thorough understanding of rates and predictors of …

Seizures in low-grade gliomas: natural history, pathogenesis, and outcome after treatments

R Ruda, L Bello, H Duffau, R Soffietti - Neuro-oncology, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Seizures represent a common symptom in low-grade gliomas; when uncontrolled, they
significantly contribute to patient morbidity and negatively impact quality of life. Tumor …

Diagnostic utility of invasive EEG for epilepsy surgery: indications, modalities, and techniques

P Jayakar, J Gotman, AS Harvey, A Palmini, L Tassi… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Many patients with medically refractory epilepsy now undergo successful surgery based on
noninvasive diagnostic information, but intracranial electroencephalography (IEEG) …

Factors associated with seizure freedom in the surgical resection of glioneuronal tumors

DJ Englot, MS Berger, NM Barbaro, EF Chang - Epilepsia, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Purpose: Gangliogliomas (GGs) and dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors
(DNETs) are low‐grade brain tumors of glioneuronal origin that commonly present with …

Predictors of seizure freedom after resection of supratentorial low-grade gliomas: a review

DJ Englot, MS Berger, NM Barbaro, EF Chang - Journal of neurosurgery, 2011 - thejns.org
Object Seizures are the most frequent presenting symptom in patients with low-grade
gliomas (LGGs), and significantly influence quality of life if they are uncontrolled. Achieving …

Diagnostic test utilization in evaluation for resective epilepsy surgery in children

P Jayakar, WD Gaillard, M Tripathi, MH Libenson… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Epilepsy surgery is highly successful in achieving seizure freedom in carefully selected
children with drug‐resistant focal epilepsy. Advances in technology have aided presurgical …

Rates and predictors of seizure freedom in resective epilepsy surgery: an update

DJ Englot, EF Chang - Neurosurgical review, 2014 - Springer
Epilepsy is a debilitating neurological disorder affecting approximately 1% of the world's
population. Drug-resistant focal epilepsies are potentially surgically remediable. Although …

Extent of surgical resection predicts seizure freedom in low-grade temporal lobe brain tumors

DJ Englot, SJ Han, MS Berger, NM Barbaro… - Neurosurgery, 2012 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Achieving seizure control in patients with low-grade temporal lobe gliomas
or glioneuronal tumors remains highly underappreciated, because seizures are the most …

[HTML][HTML] Epilepsy associated tumors

M Giulioni, G Marucci, M Martinoni… - World Journal of …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Long-term epilepsy associated tumors (LEAT) represent a well known cause of focal
epilepsies. Glioneuronal tumors are the most frequent histological type consisting of a …

Surgical versus medical treatment for refractory epilepsy: outcomes beyond seizure control

MS Perry, M Duchowny - Epilepsia, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Nearly one third of patients with epilepsy become medically intractable, and the likelihood of
achieving seizure freedom decreases with each additional medication trial. For …