The localization and lateralization of fear aura and its surgical prognostic value in patients with focal epilepsy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Fear aura has traditionally been considered relevant to epileptic discharges from mesial temporal areas, and few studies have investigated its effect on surgical outcome in drug-resistant epilepsy. We aim to assess the localizing and lateralizing value as well as prognostic significance of fear aura in patients with focal epilepsy.

Methods

The occurrence of fear aura in relation to epileptogenic origin and its association with postoperative outcome were analyzed in 146 consecutive patients undergoing resective surgery for intractable epilepsy.

Results

Ninety-four (64.4%) patients reported auras, and 31 (21.2%) reported fear aura in their seizures. One hundred ten (75.3%) patients had an Engel class I outcome until last follow-up, of whom 24 experienced fear

SUBMITTER: Cao Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9380142 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature