Clinical Investigation of Seizure Disorder Associated with Temporal Lobe Lesions

ABSTRACT

We evaluated the temporal lobe lesions in 24 patients who had various types of seizure as initial neurologic symptoms between 1987 and 1992. All patients were studied with radiologic and pathologic procedures. The types of seizure were classified with the International League Against Epilepsy classification. The results were as followsThe age of distribution of patients were 3 to 72 years old. The most common seizure type was generalized tonic-clonic and then complex partial, unclassified type, generalized absence and simple partial motor in order. The usual associated diseases were arachnoid cyst, abscess, blioblastoma multiforme, meningioma and temporal sclerosis. The most common location of the lesions was the inferomedial area in the temporal lobe. The maximal diameters of lesions were ranged from 7 to 78 mm(mean 36 mm) .