Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE)

Overview and management of common focal epilepsy.

Reviewed by Dr Kola Tytler MBBS CertHE MBA MSt MRCGP (General Practitioner)

Last reviewed: 21 October 2025

Neurology

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Clinical Guidelines

International consensus classification of hippocampal sclerosis in temporal lobe epilepsy: A Task Force report from the ILAE Commission on Diagnostic Methods

Practice Guideline: Use of fMRI in the Presurgical Evaluation of Patients with Epilepsy

American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria: Seizure and Epilepsy

EANM practice guidelines for an appropriate use of PET and SPECT in paediatric and adult epilepsy

International consensus classification of hippocampal sclerosis in temporal lobe epilepsy: a Task Force report from the ILAE Commission on Diagnostic Methods

NICE guideline [NG217]: Epilepsies: diagnosis and management