title: Todd's paralysis: A cerebrovascular phenomenon?
abstract: Postictal transient focal neurological deficits, i.e., Todd's paralysis, at times are correlated with early veins and/or vascular stain angiographically. Radionuclide gamma camera images show that they also may be accompanied by a relative flow hyperperfusion and a cortical rim static image uptake. Using these observations some portion of Todd's paralysis may be explained as the result of focal epileptic discharges that lead to local vasomotor and/or metabolic changes. The functional arterial venous shunting that results could contribute to cortical ischemia and the subsequent clinical deficits.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000098:blood supply; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013577:Syndrome; D013667:Technetium
chemical_list: D013667:Technetium