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Gelastic seizures are rare manifestations of epilepsy often associated with hypothalamic hamartomas (HH). In the absence of HH, localization of the origin is more difficult and there are several less well-established possibilities. Non-invasive assessment is often complicated by the deep localization of the epileptogenic area and the complex dynamics of spike activity. Robust neurophysiologic methods and careful validation of intrinsically epileptogenic lesions detected by RM can improve the validity of scalp EEG analysis. To analyze the dynamics of epileptic activity in gelastic seizures associated with cortical dysplasia. A 26-year-old girl with daily refractory gelastic seizures since the age of 6 underwent a neurophysiological assessment with long-term EEG recordings (24h, 31 channels) and an MRI of the brain. She had previously been rejected in an epilepsy surgery program because no structural brain lesion had been found and the EEG information was not informative enough. A recent 3T MRI showed cortical dysplasia in the cingulate gyrus, which was highly suspicious as an epileptogenic focus. We analyzed the 31-channel EEG (ictal and interictal) using source and functional connectivity methods to obtain a solid computer model of the origin and dynamics of epileptic activity and correlate it with the anatomical information of the MRI. Source analysis of interictal activity revealed multiple sources that dominated at different time points, indicating considerable dynamics that prevented clear source identification. The ictal recordings demonstrated barely late rhythmic activity over the frontal areas, but no early focalization. Connectivity analysis, which revealed the flow of information between cortical sources, showed a consistent origin of epileptic activity in the vicinity of cortical dysplasia for both interictal and ictal activity. EEG connectivity analysis significantly improves the performance of non-invasive methods for determining intracranial dynamics of epileptic activity and correlation with structural lesions.
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Gelastic seizures Dysplasia
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Borges, D. F., Dias, D., Cordeiro, H., & Leal, A. (2024, março 8). Ictal and interictal source connectivity during gelastic seizures in a focal cortical dysplasia of the cingulate gyrus. Livro de resumos do 36º Encontro Nacional de Epileptologia. 36º Encontro Nacional de Epileptologia, Coimbra, Portugal. https://norahsevents.eventkey.pt/Ficheiros/2024/36%20ENE/08-03_PROGRAMA_RESUMOS.pdf