title: Epilepsy with bilateral occipital calcifications: a benign onset with progressive severity.
abstract: We studied four patients with a focal epilepsy and bilateral occipital corticosubcortical calcifications without any sign of phakomatosis. The clinical course of the disease was similar in all the patients and evolved from a benign onset to a severe encephalopathy with progressive mental impairment. The question of whether these patients have an incomplete and atypical form of Sturge-Weber syndrome or a previously undescribed disorder is addressed.
authors: Department of Child Neurology, University of Bologna Medical School, Italy.
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Gobbi
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Sorrenti
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Santucci
authors: P G
authors: PG
authors: Rossi
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Ambrosetto
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Michelucci
authors: C A
authors: CA
authors: Tassinari
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology