Children with FCD are at an increased risk of seizures, which can often start before their fifth birthday. If successful, it would mean that more young people with severe epilepsy could benefit from potentially curative surgery – transforming the lives of these children and their families affected by this devastating condition.įocal cortical dysplasia (FCD) is a term used to describe a specific area of abnormal brain tissue containing disorganised nerve cells. Professor Chris Clark of UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health is investigating whether a new scanning technique can help to improve the detection of FCD. Many children with severe, drug-resistant epilepsy have abnormal areas of brain tissue known as focal cortical dysplasia (FCD). Epilepsy affects over 78,000 babies, children and young people under 18 years old in the UK., Sadly, medications don’t work for up to one in three of these young people, meaning that their lives can be difficult and unpredictable.
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