Catastrophic focal epilepsy.
Focal epilepsy can present with a rapidly progressing course of intractable epilepsy in children. We present a typical example of such a patient with focal seizures due to a frontal lobe cortical lesion of developmental origin. MRI and SPECT revealed abnormalities in the right frontal lobe. Surgical resection resulted in excellent outcome.
Kuzniecky
Ruben
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NYU Epilepsy Center, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA. Ruben.Kuziecky@med.nyu.edu
D004569:Electroencephalography; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009421:Nervous System Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011300:Preoperative Care; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon