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Giulia Attard Navarro¹, Khalid Hamandi²

¹Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK giulia.attardnavarro@nhs.net hamandik@cf.ac.uk.

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Summary

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Long-term video-electroencephalogram (EEG) monitoring is crucial for diagnosing epilepsy and guiding surgical decisions when clinical history is uncertain. Seizure semiology often provides more diagnostic clues than EEG alone.

Keywords:

EEG EPILEPSY EPILEPSY, SURGERY NEUROPHYSIOL, CLINICAL

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Area of Science:

Neurology
Clinical Neurophysiology

Background:

Epilepsy diagnosis relies heavily on patient and witness accounts.
Diagnostic uncertainty or presurgical evaluation necessitates advanced investigations.

Purpose of the Study:

To illustrate the utility of long-term video-EEG monitoring in epilepsy diagnosis and management.
To highlight potential interpretation pitfalls and diagnostic contributions of video-EEG.

Main Methods:

Presentation of six case studies involving long-term video-EEG monitoring.
Review of video-EEG recordings focusing on seizure semiology and EEG patterns.

Main Results:

Video-EEG monitoring provided diagnostic clarification in cases of uncertainty.
Analysis revealed the importance of seizure semiology over EEG findings in diagnosis.
Potential pitfalls in video-EEG interpretation were identified.

Conclusions:

Long-term video-EEG monitoring is the gold standard for epilepsy diagnosis and presurgical localization.
Seizure semiology is a critical component in the diagnostic interpretation of video-EEG studies.
Careful review of video-EEG is essential for accurate diagnosis and management of epilepsy.