"Women with frontal lobe epilepsy have the highest risk for seizure worsening during pregnancy -- even with adequate therapeutic dose monitoring -- and need close monitoring during this vulnerable ...

This study confirms the benefit of surgery in focal epilepsy, and in medically refractory patients, the earlier the better.

It frequently occurs in the frontal lobes, which are important for planning and decision-making. Epilepsy in focal cortical dysplasia is associated with comorbidities, including learning disabilities.

Study limitations All 47 patients involved in the study had epilepsy due to lesions in the frontal lobe. Epilepsy due to lesions in other brain areas may impact differently on brain reorganization.

KCNT1-related frontal lobe epilepsy. Seizures for these children typically start later than for those with the epileptic encephalopathy variant, but usually by adolescence.

Today, at 6, Spike Parrent is healthy and seizure free; Cleveland Clinic study shows if performed within five years, frontal lobe surgery can cure up to 80 percent of patients.

It frequently occurs in the frontal lobes, which are important for planning and decision-making. Epilepsy in focal cortical dysplasia is associated with comorbidities, including learning disabilities.

Seizures that occur in one's frontal lobe can affect memory, problem-solving skills, and one's ability to speak.

For medication-resistant epileptics, surgery is often the only way to stop seizures. However, for those with frontal lobe epilepsy, sometimes surgery doesn’t ensure the seizures stop. A new ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: About 10 years ago, I was diagnosed with benign frontal lobe epilepsy. My only symptom is that about once every four months, I get chills in the middle of the night.

AI-based large language models may be feasible to assist clinicians for pre-surgical decision making in those with drug-resistant focal epilepsy, according to a study published in the Journal of ...

Women with frontal focal epilepsy need closer monitoring during pregnancy because their seizures may worsen, although there appears to be a risk reversal in the postpartum period.