Landau-Kleffner syndrome: a case report.
A healthy 5 year old boy developed aphasia, attention disorder and hyperkinesia preceded by transient formed visual hallucinations and emotional outburst, immediately after a stressful event of forced separation from his father. EEG showed generalized epileptiform activity. He was diagnosed as Landau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS). CT and MRI of the brain were normal. SPECT showed left mesial temporal hypoperfusion. He improved on antiepileptics and ACTH.
Department of Neurology, G.B. Pant Hospital, Agartala, Tripura, India.
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D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D018887:Landau-Kleffner Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone