[Focal epileptic seizures ipsilateral to the tumor: case report].
Focal somatosensory epileptic seizures ipsilateral to a brain tumor is reported and the literature reviewed. It is an exceptional occurrence, having been described only six cases, with several mechanisms being proposed. The proximity of the lesions with the low cerebral convexity (perisylvian) suggests the compromising of the secondary somatosensorial area, seeming to prove the experimental observation of somatosensorial crises originating in this area.
Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. gusmao@medicina.ufmg.br
Sebastião Silva
SS
Gusmão
Mirian Fabíola Studart
MF
Mendes
Roberto Leal
RL
Silveira
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009837:Oligodendroglioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex