What Do Changes in Brain Perfusion Induced by Etomidate Suggest about Epilepsy in Human Patients?
Table 1
Clinical features of patients.
Patient
Sex
Age (years)
History (years)
Basal SPECT
Seizure type
MRi
v-
Surgery/Engel’s grade
1
F
38
18
Left mes temporal
Partial complex
Normal
Left- Mesial Temporal
L AMTR/ I
2
F
39
34
Bi-T (L > R)
Partial complex
Right MS
Right mesial
R AMTR/ I
3
F
35
33
Left mes temporal
Partial complex
Left MS
Left mesial
L AMTR/ I
4
M
25
9
Left mes temporal
Partial simple & complex
Left parasellar cyst
Left mesial
L AMTR/ I
5
F
22
5
Left temporal Left F-P
Secondary Generalized
Normal
Left mesial
L AMTR/ I
6
M
38
37
Bi-T mes (Left > Right)
Partial complex
Left MS
Left mesial
L AMTR/ I
7
M
21
5
Right mes temporal
Partial complex
Normal
Right mesial
R AMTR/ I
8
M
30
11
Right mes
Partial complex
Left MS
Bi-T (Left > Right)
#L AMTR/ IV
9
M
36
13
Left mes temporal
Partial complex
Normal
Left mesial
L AMTR/ II
10
F
34
26
Left Mesial temporal
Partial complex
Normal
Left mesial
No surgery
11
M
23
11
Left Mesial temporal
Partial complex
Normal
Left mesial
L AMTR/ I
AMTR: anterior medial temporal resection; Bi-T, Bi-temporal; F: female; F-P: fronto-parietal; L: left; M: male; mes: mesial; MS: mesial sclerosis; R: right. Engel’s grade [19] at least one year after surgery. #This patient showed two seizures from left mesial temporal lobe and one seizure from right mesial temporal lobe. The operation was palliative.
