Characterizing magnetic spike sources by using magnetoencephalography-guided neuronavigation in epilepsy surgery in pediatric patients

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Object. The authors sought to validate magnetoencephalography spike sources (MEGSSs) in neuronavigation during epilepsy surgery in pediatric patients. Methods. The distributions of MEGSSs in 16 children were defined and classified as clusters (Class I), greater than or equal to 20 MEGSSs with 1 cm or less between MEGSSs; small clusters (Class II), 6 to 19 with 1 cm or less between; and scatters (Class III), less than 6 or greater than 1 cm between spike sources. Using neuronavigation, the MEGSSs were correlated to epileptic zones from intra- and extraoperative electrocorticography (ECoG), surgical procedures, disease entities, and seizure outcomes. Thirteen patients underwent MEGSSs: nine had clusters; two had small clusters, one with and one without clusters; and three had scatters alone. All 13 had scatters. Clusters localized within and extended from areas of cortical dysplasia and at margins of tumors or cystic lesions. All clusters were colocalized to ECoG-defined epileptic zones. Four of six patient...

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