[Finding of focal heterotopy with magnetic resonance. Description of a case associated with late onset epilepsy].
A case of late onset focal epilepsy in a mentally and neurologically normal girl in which the MRI showed a focal heterotopia is presented. The efficacy of this new procedure in detecting migratory disorders is discussed and the scanty literature reviewed. This case suggests that in the future more cases of epilepsy previously classified as "cryptogenetic" will be demonstrated as secondary to developmental abnormalities.
Casara
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Dipartimento di Pediatria - Università degli Studi di Padova, Italia.
Battistella
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Drigo
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Boniver
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Suppiej
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Laverda
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D001921:Brain; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex; D002648:Child; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Rilievo di eterotopia focale con la risonanza magnetica. Descrizione di un caso associato ad epilessia ad esordio tardivo.