Stereo-electroencephalographic exploration and epilepsia partialis continua.
Somatomotor status epilepticus in infatnts consisting of continous repetitive clonic jerks as a sequel of involvment of the sensorimotor area cortex has rarely been explored by multiple depth electrodes. The authors report 3 cases, which were examined stereo-electroencephalographically. Two girls, a 5 year old and a 3 year old showed sustained jerks of one foot with intermittent Jacksonian seizures. Both had a primary epileptogenic focus in the medial prerolandic and postrolandic cortex. The third case, an 8 year old girls, was a borderline case of Kozevnikov epilepsy. All 3 patients were operated on following the stereo-electroencephalographic exploration and the focus was removed. The study shows that it is possible to explore children with depth electrodes and that this exploration is the safest way to localize a focus and, consequently to cure the patient by surgery.
D001931:Brain Mapping; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques