Successful neurosurgical treatment of childhood complex partial status epilepticus with focal resection.
The treatment of complex partial status epilepticus continues to be controversial, especially with regard to the intensity of the treatment. Medical therapy and drug-induced coma are sometimes required. Rarely this may not be effective. A healthy 4-year old girl was first seen in complex partial status epilepticus. She had a 1-year history of cryptogenic partial-onset seizures. Detailed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies were normal. Her course was refractory to multiple medical therapies and multiple subpial transection (MST). An urgent epilepsy surgery evaluation resulted in a focal cortical resection being performed over the right mesial parietal region with resultant seizure freedom and no significant neurologic deficit 2 years later. This patient illustrates the need to consider occult focal cortical dysplasia as a cause of nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) in children, and if it is not responsive to medical management, the utility of performing an urgent epilepsy surgery evaluation.
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Yu-tze
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Texas Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, Department of Neurology, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA. y2ng@chw.edu
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Howard L
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Wheless
James W
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D001931:Brain Mapping; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D015225:Magnetoencephalography; D009421:Nervous System Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome