Brain, Vol. 115, No. 4, 1001-1015, 1992
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HIPPOCAMPAL VOLUMETRIC AND MORPHOMETRIC STUDIES IN FRONTAL AND TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY
1Institute of Neurology London, UK 2St Mary's Hospital London, UK 3Imperial College of Science and Technology London, UK
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Correspondence to: Dr M Cook, Epilepsy Research Group, Room 613, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WCIN 3BG, UK.
The most common temporal lobe pathology is Ammons Horn sclerosis (AHS), and several different imaging techniques have been utilized to detect this with varying success We describe the clinical application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using a three-dimensional volume technique which allows total hippocampal volume to be measured and symmetry evaluated. Hippocampal surface area was calculated in sequential 1.5 mm thick contiguous images, using a GE IC workstation. Total volumes and surface areas were calculated. The cross-sectional surface area at 1 5 mm intervals was displayed graphically, permitting morphometric analysis of the hippocampus throughout its length. Focal atrophy within any part of the hippocampal formation (HF) and its extent could thus be assessed. Patients with well-lateralized temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) (n = 20) and well-defined frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) (n = 20) were studied, and volumes compared with normal values derived from 10 neurologically normal controls Asymmetric hippocampal volume loss was demonstrated in all 20 patients with clinically typed TLE, but not in normal controls or patients with FLE. Volume loss distribution was anterior in 12 patients, posterior in one patient and widespread in seven patients. Secondarily generalized seizures were strongly associated with widespread loss.
This method of surface area and volumetric analysis of the hippocampus in TLE can demonstrate asymmetry and focal involvement, and help distinguish between hippocampal and frontal pathologies
Received December 17, 1991. Revised February 2, 1992. Accepted March 18, 1992.
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