Black Line Sign in Focal Cortical Dysplasia IIB: A 7T MRI and Electroclinicopathologic Study.
Yingying TangIngmar BlümckeTing-Yu SuJoon Yul ChoiBalu KrishnanHiroatsu MurakamiAndreas V AlexopoulosImad M NajmStephen E JonesZhong Irene WangPublished in: Neurology (2022)
This study provides Class II evidence that in individuals with intractable focal epilepsy undergoing resection who have a 7T MRI with adequate image quality, the presence of the black line sign may suggest FCD IIB, be concordant with SOZ from ICEEG, and be associated with more seizure freedom if fully included in resection.