title: Praxis-induced reflex seizures mainly precipitated by writing due to a parietal focal cortical dysplasia.
abstract: We report the case of a 23-year-old left-handed woman with medically intractable praxis-induced reflex seizures mainly precipitated by writing. Selective resection of subtle end-of-sulcus cortical dysplasia in the right inferior parietal lobule resulted in freedom from seizures. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of praxis-induced reflex seizures mainly precipitated by writing in which a focal lesion was found and treated successfully by surgery.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) - Hôpital Notre-Dame, 1560 Sherbrooke Street East, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Racicot
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) - Hôpital Notre-Dame, 1560 Sherbrooke Street East, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Sami
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Obaid
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) - Hôpital Notre-Dame, 1560 Sherbrooke Street East, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bouthillier
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) - Hôpital Notre-Dame, 1560 Sherbrooke Street East, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guillon-Létourneau
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Hôpital Charles-Lemoyne, 3120 Boulevard Taschereau, Université de Sherbrooke, Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Jean-François
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Clément
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) - Hôpital Notre-Dame, 1560 Sherbrooke Street East, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Dang Khoa
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Nguyen
keywords: Epilepsy; Praxis; Reflex; Writing