Epilepsies originating from the posterior cortex, namely the parieto-occipital lobes and the occipital border of the temporal lobe, account for the minority of focal epilepsies (Boesebeck et al., 2002), therefore, epilepsy surgery in the posterior cortex has been less extensively examined in the literature, relative to that for temporal or frontal lobe epilepsies. Most studies emphasize the difficulty in delineating the precise localisation of a posterior epileptogenic zone (EZ: the site of origin and of primary propagation of ictal discharges; Bancaud et al., 1970; Kahane et al., 2006) because of rather non-specific clinical seizure patterns (Bancaud,...

Epileptic Disorders. Volume 12, Number 3, 172-80, September 2010, Original article Author(s) : Ingmar Blümcke, Tom Pieper, Elisabeth Pauli, Michelle Hildebrandt, Manfred Kudernatsch, Peter Winkler, Anja Karlmeier, Hans Holthausen