Electroclinical features of insulo-opercular epilepsy: an SEEG and PET study.

Clinical diagnosis of insulo-opercular epilepsy is challenging because of its complex seizure semiology and nonlocalizing discharges on scalp-EEG. A common hypometabolic network involving the insulo-opercular cortex, mesial frontal cortex and subcortical nuclei may be involved in the organization of the insulo-opercular epilepsy network. Furthermore, quantified SEEG analysis suggested that pure insular epilepsy is rare, and the close connection between insular and opercular cortex necessitates SEEG implantation to define the epileptogenic zone.