Epileptic Disorders
MENUSpinal algetic-tonic seizures manifesting as paroxysmal “positive” Brown-Séquard syndrome Volume 9, issue 2, June 2007
Authors
Anne Kirchner, Annkathrin Poepel, Matthias Hantsch, Horst Urbach, Christian E Elger, Christian G Bien
Dept. of Epileptology, Dept. of Radiology/Neuroradiology, University of Bonn, Germany
- Key words: spinal seizures, tonic spasms, paroxysmal dystonia, Brown-Séquard-syndrome, tonic seizures, algetic seizures
- DOI : 10.1684/epd.2007.0103
- Page(s) : 182-5
- Published in: 2007
We report on a patient suffering from symptomatic spinal attacks in the form of a paroxysmal “positive” (algetic-tonic) Brown-Séquard syndrome. A cervical cord lesion, presumably inflammatory-demyelinating in origin, was identified as the morphological correlate of these attacks. Their pathogenesis is discussed in the light of similar case reports from the literature. For the first time, this rare type of seizure is published with a video documentation. It may deserve consideration in the differential diagnosis of otherwise unexplained paroxysmal events that present in an “epileptic” manner.[Published with video sequences]