A case of cerebral endometriosis causing catamenial epilepsy.
We present the second reported patient with cerebral endometriosis. She had repetitive partial seizures on the first day of her menstrual cycle. The seizures were controlled by danazol after the causative lesions were surgically removed.
Ichida
M
M
Department of Neurology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan.
Gomi
A
A
Hiranouchi
N
N
Fujimoto
K
K
Suzuki
K
K
Yoshida
M
M
Nokubi
M
M
Masuzawa
T
T
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008598:Menstruation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed