Partial seizures in leukoencephalopathy with swelling and a discrepantly mild clinical course.
We report a patient with 'Leukoencephalopathy with swelling and a discrepantly mild clinical course', an entity of leukoencephalopathy recently clarified. Our patient presented with complex partial seizures in addition to characteristic radiological findings and clinical course. A review of the literature revealed that this new neurodegenerative disease complicates epilepsy in more than half of the patients, and that partial components in the seizure symptomatology are not infrequent.
Higuchi
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Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. yhiguchi@mx.cable-net.ne.jp
Hattori
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Tsuji
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Asato
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Nakahata
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D000293:Adolescent; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D020739:Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D018450:Disease Progression; D017029:Epilepsy, Complex Partial / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007965:Leukodystrophy, Globoid Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology