title: "Epilepsia partialis continua" due to multifocal encephalitis: favourable outcome after immunoglobulin treatment.
abstract: The case of a young woman with EPCK is described in which neoplastic and vascular disorders were excluded. Supported by EEG and PET, EPCK was imputed to multifocal encephalitis notwithstanding serological and CSF negativity. Cerebral biopsy confirmed the inflammatory nature of the affection, although the etiologic agent was not identified. High dose intravenous immunoglobulin therapy was followed by the prompt disappearance of EPCK and the remission of the other neurological deficits.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Neurologica III, Università di Firenze.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Barontini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maurri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amantini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004576:Electromyography; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000628:therapy*; D017036:Epilepsia Partialis Continua / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
chemical_list: D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous