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Objective To analyze the clinical and histology characteristics of a patient with frontal lobe epilepsy diagnosed with mild malformation of cortical development with oligodendroglial hyperplasia, and to recognize the new neuropathological entity. Methods Clinical history, seizure types, neuroimaging, electroencephalography as well as macroscope, histology and immunohistochemistry characteristics were collected from a frontal lobe epilepsy patient and were compared with cases from literature. Results It was a female patient aged 16 years with 12 years history of epilepsy. The seizures manifested as episodes of conscious loss with automatism including grope and voice lasting for seconds. About 10 episodes a day were found and sometimes with secondary generalized tonic-clonic seizures. MRI showed blurring of grey-white matter interface in left orbital frontal cortex. Video-encephalography revealed left frontal lobe origin of seizures. So left prefrontal lobe was removed. Histology showed almost normal cortex neuropil and neurons. Blurring of grey-white interface in some area with patches of proliferation of oligodendrocytes in the corresponding sub-cortical white matter was found. The density of oligodendrocytes was significantly higher in sub-cortical than in deep white matter both shown in HE and Oligo-2 staining. Obvious oligodendrocytes increase and satellite phenomenon in deep cortical layer as well as increased ectopic neurons in sub-cortical white matter were found in the lesion. In proliferation area, there were some nuclei stained with Ki-67, but not as high as tumor. Subsequent follow up for two years proved the operation efficacy and benign prognosis. Conclusions There are special and undiscovered histopathological entities in epilepsy etiology. Although known as grey matter disease, white matter pathology plays an important role in epilepsy pathophysiology which needs further research.
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Objective To find out whether conversation analysis helps to differentiate psychogenic nonepileptic seizure (PNES) from epileptic seizure in Chinese patients.Methods Twelve unselected patients from Peking Union Medical College Hospital during 2014 to 2016 with diagnostic uncertainty were included.Interactions following standard protocol were carried out.A linguist blinded to all medical data and a neurologist studied videos and transcripts of the interactions.Using a diagnostic scoring aid which includes 17 conversation features summarized from previous researches, they attempted to predict the medical diagnosis of those patients independently.Results Accurate diagnosis was predicted in 10/12 patients by both raters.Average scores of patients with epileptic seizures were 8.00 (linguist) and 6.75 (neurologist), while average scores of paitents with PNES were-5.75 (linguist) and-7.88 (neurologist).Both raters agreed on most individual items (81.86%, 167/204).To demonstrate different features between these two groups, a case comparison was made between one patient with frontal lobe epilepsy and one patient with PNES.Conclusion In Chinese patients, conversation analysis can help differentiate between epileptic seizure and PNES.
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Objective To investigate the results and complications of hemispherotomy for drug resistant hemispheric epilepsy.Methods The authors reviewed 5 patients who were diagnosed as drug resistant hemispheric epilepsy and operated in the neurosurgery department of Peking Union Medical College Hospital from 2011 to 2013.All the 5 patients were underwent hemispherotomy after carefully multidisciplinary pre-operation evaluation.Results All patients tolerated the procedure well and the postoperative course was smooth.All the 5 patients didn`t have seizure in the period of following up of 46 to 69 months.Conclusions According to literatures and the authors` experience, hemispherotomy is as safe and efficient for hemispheric epilepsy as hemispherectomy.It is most important advance for hemispherectomy.The procedure of hemispherotomy is complex but not very difficult, illustrating a good prospect of application and extension.
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Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome ( DDMS) is a rare epilepsy syndrome which is characterized by cerebral hemiatrophy with ipsilateral compensatory skull changes and contralateral hemiplegia recurrent .Here we reported a case of which the curative effect turned out to be unsatisfied after conservative treatment , physical examination re-vealed mental retardation , facial asymmetry , mild right hemiparesis , MRI scan of the head showed left cerebral hemiatrophy , calvaria thickening , PET-CT showed less functional left cerebral hemisphere .The patient finally un-derwent multi-lobe disconnection to relieve recurrent seizure , whose seizure was well controlled in the following up of one year .
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Objective To explore the correlation between extratemporal hypometabolism on preoperative 18F-FDG PET imaging and the outcome after temporal lobectomy in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE)patients.Methods A total of 96 patients with intractable TLE who underwent temporal lobectomy were recruited.The outcome was evaluated according to International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) 2001 outcome classification (OC) criteria:OC 1-3 was considered as good outcome and OC4-6 as poor outcome.The follow-up period was more than 2 years.The 18F-FDG PET brain images were retrospectively analyzed.The preoperative extratemporal cortical hypometabolism and extratemporal subcortical hypometabolism occurred in basal ganglia and thalamus were taken as independent exposure factors of poor outcome and the odds ratios (OR) were calculated respectively.Results Thirteen of 96 cases had poor outcome.Extratemporal cortical hypometabolism was found in 12 of 83(14.5％) cases with good outcome and in 11 of 13 cases with poor outcome.Extratemporal subcortical hypometabolism was found in 25 of 83 (30.1％) cases with good outcome and in 10 of 13 cases with poor outcome.The occurrence of extratemporal hypometabolism was significantly higher in poor outcome group than that in good surgical outcome group (cortical:x2 =26.63 ;subcortical:x2 =8.70; both P＜0.05).The OR of extratemporal cortical hypometabolism was 32.54,with 95％ CI of 6.40-165.44,and that of extratemporal subcortical hypometabolism was 7.73,with 95％ CI of 1.96-30.52.Conclusion Extratemporal cortical hypometabolism and subcortical hypometabolism in TLE patients are associated with poor outcome of temporal lobectomy in TLE patients.
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Objective To investigate the lateralizing value of head deviation(HD) during complex partial seizures (CPS) in patients with refractory mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (mTLE).Methods Presurgical videotypes of 43 patients who were seizure-free for at least one year after temporal lobectomy were retrospectively reviewed.Attention was paid to the relationship between time and type of HD and the side of epileptogenic zone.Results HD was seen in 88 CPS from 43 patients who had total 206 CPS with or without secondary generalization.Both versive and non-versive HD displayed high positive predictive value (83％ (33/40) and 88％ (22/25)) for localization of an ipsilateral and contralateral seizure onset,respectively.Conclusion Both non-versive HD and versive HID during CPS in patients with mTLE are reliable lateralizing signs that can complement other diagnostic modalities in presurgical evaluation.
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Angiocentric Glioma has been newly identified as an epilepsy associated tumory. Up to now, reported cases are still scarce. The tumor causes drug-resistant epilepsy. On histological findings, monomorphous bipolar tumor cells are arranged around vessels. Imaging studies show that the tumor is diffused or rimlike hyperintensity on T1-weighted SE sequences and a stalklike extension to the ventricle on T2-weighted sequences. The World Health Organization listed this new entity in its fourth edition of the WHO classification of tumors of the central nervous system published in 2007.
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Objective To investigate the clinical feature,diagnosis and therapy of isolated Langerhans cell histiocytosis(histiocytosis X) with unusual localization.Methods A case of isolated Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the infundibulum was reported.The endocrinic tests,imaging,immunohistochemical and pathological examinations of this case were detected.Through literature review,the pathological and clinical feature,diagnosis,therapy of isolated Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the infundibulum were overviewed.Results Magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) of the brain showed a 9 mm homogeneously enhancing mass in the region of the infundibulum.No other lesion was found in other organ systems.The patient underwent an occupying lesion resection of the infundibulum via right pterion approach.Langerhans cell histiocytosis was diagnosed through pathologic analysis.She was on hormone replacement therapy and close follow-up visit postoperatively.Conclusion Isolated Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the infundibulum in adult is extremely rare.Understanding of this disease should be improved to avert misdiagnosing.
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Objective Investigate the behaviors of cerebral ischemic rats after treatment with bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells(BMSCs).Methods Bone marrow was collected and BMSCs were separated and cultivated.Twenty-four adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were performed transient(2 hours) middle cerebral arterial occlusion(MCAO) and then divided into treated group(n=12) and control group(n=12).All rats received corresponding behavioral training before surgery,15 ?L hBMSCs(2?1010cells/L) and D-hanks(15 ?L) were injected into the brain cortex after 24 h of MCAO.Morris water maze test,NSS,Rotarod test and adhesive-removal test were performed serially and cyclically from the 4th day after transplantation.Results Since the 8th day after transplantation,the mean escape time and the mean swimming distance of treated group significantly are shorter than control's in Morris water maze test(P
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Objective To evaluate the reliability of a rat model of acute cerebral ischemia and reperfusion by using cerebral perfusion functional CT.Methods A stable and reversible focal ischemia model with unilateral middle cerebral artery occlusion was established and evaluated by CT perfusion imaging and TTC staining.Results Artificial Occlusion of the MCA resulted in ipsilateral cerebral infarcts in all study animals.Hypoperfusion was definitely recorded in all CT perfusion images obtained after MCA occlusion and was significantly correlated with the final lesion size.Blood flow was restored after pulling the thread out of the artery.Conclusions The method of establishing an acute focal cerebral ischemia and reperfusion model by thread insertion in our study is simple and stable.If we can screen the stroke model with CT perfusion examination,the error caused by variance of model can be reduced.Thereby it provides a platform for researchers to investigate acute cerebral ischemia and recirculation.
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Angiocentric Glioma has been newly identified as an epilepsy associated tumory. Up to now,reported cases are still scarce. The tumor causes drug-resistant epilepsy. On histological findings,monomorphous bipolar tumor cells are arranged around vessels. Imaging studies show that the tumor is diffused or rimlike hyperintensity on T1-weighted SE sequences and a stalklike extension to the ventricle on T2-weighted sequences. The World Health Organization listed this new entity in its fourth edition of the WHO classification of tumors of the central nervous system published in 2007.