Gyratory epilepsy in a patient with a thalamic neoplasm.
A patient with a right thalamic oligodendroglioma developed seizures characterized by circling behavior, speech arrest, and secondarily generalized seizures. Gyratory epilepsy is relatively uncommon and may either represent a benign form of primary generalized epilepsy or occur secondary to a focal cortical lesion. Thalamic stimulation has been shown experimentally to induce circling movements, but no other clinical cases with a thalamic lesion have been described.
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Instituto de Investigaciones Neurológicas Dr. R. Carrea (FLENI), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Berthier
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D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000209:etiology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009837:Oligodendroglioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013788:Thalamus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed