A hemispherotomy for intractable startle epilepsy characterized by infantile hemiplegia and drop attacks.
Startle epilepsy is provoked by unexpected sensory stimuli, mainly auditory, and reveals subsequent tonic posturing of the limbs. We present a case of intractable startle epilepsy with infantile hemiplegia and discuss the indications for a hemispherotomy.
Anan
Mitsuhiro
M
Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Yufu, Oita 879-5593, Japan. annmitsu@med.oita-u.ac.jp
Kamida
Tohru
T
Abe
Eiji
E
Kubo
Takeshi
T
Abe
Tatsuya
T
Hikawa
Takamitsu
T
Fujiki
Minoru
M
Kobayashi
Hidenori
H
Baba
Hiroshi
H
D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D038421:Hemispherectomy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology*