ReviewEpilepsia2026
The epileptologist's perspective of focal cortical dysplasia type 3: From concept to management.
Review in Epilepsia, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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Abstract
The recent International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) official and updated classification of focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) includes a third type-FCD type 3-characterized by architectural abnormalities (cortical dyslamination) associated with another "principal" lesion: hippocampal sclerosis (HS), developmental tumors, vascular malformations, or gliotic scars. We posit that the clinical relevance of FCD type 3 is not established, as dyslamination cannot be reliably identified preoperatively and (although unproven, because unidentifiable) persistence of cortical tissue with putative dyslamination after resective surgery does not preclude seizure control. Here we discuss these issues from the epileptologist's perspective and stimulate the debate on whether the FCD type 3 construct impacts decision-making in the epilepsy surgery field-or else is of little practical significance.
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