non-temporal lobe epilepsy

Question 1

what defines FCD tye 1

Answer 1

abnormal cortical lamination with abnormal radial

and/or tangential layering e ects.

Question 2

what are the divisions of FCD type II

Answer 2

type II a Dysmorphic
and enlarged neurons without balloon cells

type II b eosinophilic balloon
cells with large cell bodies.

Question 3

what is transmantel sign and what is it associated with

Answer 3

the “transmantle
sign,” a radiographic feature in which white matter
changes taper from the gyrus toward the ventricle along a sulcus.- type II b

Question 4

what is break down of FCD III types

Answer 4

hippocampal sclerosis (type
IIIa), with adjacent glial tumor (type IIIb), or with an associated
injury acquired early in life (type IIIc).