Diencephalic epilepsy in a patient with agenesis of the corpus callosum confirmed by computerised axial tomography.
A case of diencephalic epilepsy is described in whom stereotyped attacks of spontaneous hypothermia and diaphoresis occurred over a 20 year period. No abnormality of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis was found, and there was no evidence of an intracranial mass lesion. Pneumoencephalography and computerised axial tomography (EMI scan) demonstrated agenesis of the corpus callosum.
D000328:Adult; D061085:Agenesis of Corpus Callosum; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004027:Diencephalon; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed