title: A hemispherotomy for intractable startle epilepsy characterized by infantile hemiplegia and drop attacks.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Yufu, Oita 879-5593, Japan. annmitsu@med.oita-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Mitsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anan
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kamida
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Takamitsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hikawa
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujiki
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baba
mesh_terms: 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*