Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Augments Semiology in Stereotactic Electroencephalography (SEEG) Evaluations.

Authors

• Andrew J. Zillgitt, Corewell Health East
• Garnett C. Smith, Corewell Health East
• David E. Burdette, Corewell Health West
• Cesar A. Serrano Almeida, Corewell Health East
• Anant Krishnan, Corewell Health East
• Michael D. Staudt, Corewell Health East
• Paul Ferrari, Corewell Health West

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-2026

Publication Title

Brain Sci

Abstract

The foundation of a successful stereotactic electroencephalography (SEEG) evaluation has remained relatively unchanged since the first SEEG implantation in 1957 and is predicated on a robust semiology-driven hypothesis. Although epilepsy presurgical evaluation has expanded since the 1950s with the introduction of new technology, e.g., brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), few, if any, noninvasive diagnostic studies provide significant complementary information to the epilepsy presurgical evaluation as magnetoencephalography (MEG). As SEEG becomes increasingly ubiquitous as the intracranial EEG modality of choice for more comprehensive epilepsy centers, the importance of MEG in the epilepsy presurgical evaluation also increases. In this review, the use of MEG in addition to seizure semiology in the development of an SEEG implantation strategy will be reviewed and illustrated with two representative cases. Finally, within this review, epilepsy surgical outcomes from presurgical evaluations that incorporated MEG will be discussed.

Volume

16

Issue

8

First Page

778

Last Page

778

Recommended Citation

Zillgitt AJ, Smith GC, Burdette DE, Serrano Almeida CA, Krishnan A, Staudt MD, et al. [Ferrari P]. Magnetoencephalography (MEG) augments semiology in stereotactic electroencephalography (SEEG) evaluations. Brain sciences. 2026;16(8). doi: 10.3390/brainsci16080778. PMID: 42651089.

Comments

Helen DeVos Children's Hospital

DOI

10.3390/brainsci16080778

ISSN

2076-3425

PubMed ID

42651089