Clinical commentaries
Clinical Commentaries are short reports of case studies that reflect truly novel findings.
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The ventral precuneal-posterior cingulate region as a site of epileptogenicity
Lee Elisevich, Shan Abbas, David Burdette, Gabe Heredia, Kost Elisevich
Medication-resistant acute focal motor seizures in a child with COVID-19 affecting the CNS
Saeid Sadeghian, Aliakbar Momen, Gholamreza Jelodar, Shahram Nasiri, Reza Azizimalamiri
Koolen-de Vries syndrome associated with continuous spike-wave in sleep
Afsheen Q. Khan, Rohini K. Coorg, Deepak Gill, Carla Marini, Kenneth A. Myers
The Moro reflex: insights into the pathophysiology of generalized tonic-clonic seizures and infantile spasms
Francesco Brigo, Alessandro Porro, Eugen Trinka
“Temporal” intermittent rhythmic delta activity: the true localizing nature of TIRDA
Brin E. Freund, Zuha Mheir-Al-Saadi, Benjamin H. Brinkmann, William O. Tatum
Volume 24, issue 4, August 2022
Status epilepticus after gastric bypass surgery
Nathan Torcida Sedano, Mathieu Daoud, Véronique Del Marmol, Nicolas Gaspard
Non-convulsive status epilepticus in the setting of cannabidiol adjunctive therapy
Asra Tanwir, C. Ákos Szabó
Volume 24, issue 3, June 2022
Possible critical region associated with late-onset spasms in 17p13.1-p13.2 microdeletion syndrome: a report of two new cases and review of the literature
Naohiro Yamamoto, Shin Okazaki, Ichiro Kuki, Naoki Yamada, Shizuka Nagase, Megumi Nukui, Takeshi Inoue, Rie Kawakita, Tohru Yorifuji, Takao Hoshina, Toshiyuki Seto, Toshiyuki Yamamoto, Hisashi Kawawaki
First reported case of an inherited PACS2 pathogenic variant with variable expression
Elisabetta Cesaroni, Sara Matricardi, Silvia Cappanera, Carla Marini
Trisomy 20p/monosomy 18p associated with congenital bilateral perisylvian syndrome
Claudia M. Bonardi, Allan Bayat, Camilla Gøbel Madsen, Trine B. Hammer, Chiara Reale, Elena Gardella, Dragan Marjanovic, Sandor Beniczky, Rikke S. Møller, Guido Rubboli
Cortical unihemispheric brain edema (CUBE) due to a multi-system inflammatory syndrome in adults (MIS-A)
Boby Varkey Maramattom, Tejaswi Rao
ITPA-associated developmental and epileptic encephalopathy: characteristic neuroradiological features with novel clinical and biochemical findings
Meenal Garg, Jatinder Goraya, Gurpreet Kochar, Vivek Jain
The neural networks underlying the illusion of time dilation: case study and literature survey
Mubbahsir Sheikh, Mohamad Koubeissi, R. Todd Constable, Dennis D. Spencer, Rafeed Alkawadri
Volume 24, issue 2, April 2022
Epileptic negative myoclonus in herpes simplex virus encephalitis
Neel Fotedar, James Dolbow, Madhura Layfield, Suraj Thyagaraj, Jonathan Zande
Electrical Wada for pre-surgical memory testing: a case report
Erik Kaestner, Nigel P. Pedersen, Ranling Hu, Armin Vosoughi, Abdulrahman Alwaki, Andres Rodriguez Ruiz, Ekaterina Staikova, Kelsey C. Hewitt, Charles Epstein, Carrie R. McDonald, Robert E. Gross, Daniel L. Drane
Localisation and stimulation of the parietal eye field
Thienan John Phamnguyen, Manori Wijayath, Andrew Bleasel, Zebunnessa Rahman, Melissa Bartley, Mark Dexter, Chong Wong
Volume 24, issue 1, February 2022
Video game-induced reflex seizures via a smartphone
Antonella Riva, Erika Rebessi, Eliana Parente, Maurizio Viri, Pasquale Striano, Antonino Romeo
Flashing lights and epileptic spasms: should we be routinely performing intermittent photic stimulation in infants?
Marvin H. Braun, Naureen Jooma, Morris H. Scantlebury
Focal status epilepticus may trigger relapse of primary angiitis of the CNS
Antoine Guilmot, Sofia Maldonado Slootjes, Thierry Duprez, Julie Lelotte, Martin Lammens, André Peeters, Susana Ferrao Santos
ACTH for epileptic spasms in Leigh syndrome with SLC19A3 mutation can induce status dystonicus
Hiroki Hoshino, Hideaki Kanemura
De novo status epilepticus possibly related to battery depletion of anterior thalamic brain stimulator
Gadi Miron, Ido Strauss, Firas Fahoum
De novo psychosis after left temporal lobectomy: a case of forced normalization?
Marie Arthuis, Stanislas Lagarde, Aileen Mcgonigal, Fabrice Bartolomei
Progression of alternating hemiplegia of childhood-related focal epilepsy to electrical status epilepticus in sleep with reversible encephalopathy
Derek Neupert, Puya Abbassi, Lyndsey Prange, Robert Flamini, Mohamad A. Mikati
Major intra-familial variability in Unverricht-Lundborg disease
Amina Nasri, Sabrina Zidi, Imen Kacem, Saloua Mrabet, Mouna Ben Djebara, Amina Gargouri, Eric Leguern, Riadh Gouider
Epilepsia partialis continua associated with the p.Arg403Cys variant of the DNM1L gene: an unusual clinical progression with two episodes of super-refractory status epilepticus with a 13-year remission interval
Sara Minghetti, Roberto Giorda, Massimo Mastrangelo, Laura Tassi, Nicoletta Zanotta, Sara Galbiati, Maria Teresa Bassi, Claudio Zucca
Volume 23, issue 6, December 2021
Exacerbation of eyelid myoclonia in patients with epilepsy and eyelid myoclonia receiving cannabidiol
Ifrah Zawar, Linfa Franic, Prakash Kotagal, Elia Pestana Knight
Room tilt illusion in epilepsy
Deema Fattal, Anne-Sophie Wattiez, Erik St Louis, Karina Gonzalez-Otarula, Rup Sainju
Sexual orgasm as a trigger for reflex epilepsy
Ana Azevedo, Rita Rodrigues, Bárbara Teixeira, Peter Grebe
Atypical presentation of sunflower epilepsy featuring an EEG pattern of continuous spike waves during slow-wave sleep
Esmeralda Nava, Andrea Capone Mori, Pasquale Striano, Georgia Ramantani
Eyelid myoclonia with absences related to epileptic negative myoclonus
Atsuro Daida, Mina Yokoyama, Kaoru Yamamoto, Daisuke Hasegawa, Isao Kusakawa, Chuan-Yu Wang, Masaaki Ogihara
Intracortical focal non-convulsive status epilepticus causing cerebral hypoxia and intracranial hypertension
José L. Fernández-Torre, Miguel A. Hernández-Hernández, David Mato-Mañas, Enrique Marco de Lucas, Elsa Gómez-Ruiz, Rubén Martín-Láez
Volume 23, issue 5, October 2021
Early-onset bradykinetic rigid syndrome and reflex seizures in a child with PURA syndrome
Roberta Solazzi, Elena Fiorini, Elena Parrini, Renzo Guerrini, Bernardo Dalla Bernardina, Nardo Nardocci, Gaetano Cantalupo
Beneficial effects of the ketogenic diet on drug-resistant epileptic encephalopathy associated with a de novo NBEA pathogenic variant
Silvia Schiavoni, Carlotta Spagnoli, Susanna Rizzi, Grazia Gabriella Salerno, Daniele Frattini, Francesco Pisani, Carlo Fusco
Unilateral catalepsy in non-convulsive status epilepticus
Biagio Orlando, Alessandra Morano, Emanuele Cerulli Irelli, Martina Fanella, Anna Teresa Giallonardo, Carlo Di Bonaventura
A case of repetitive seizures following immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy as a feature of autoimmune encephalitis
Yoshiko Takebayashi, Shuichiro Neshige, Tetsutaro Hayashi, Shiro Aoki, Hiroki Ueno, Koji Iida, Hirofumi Maruyama
Musicogenic epilepsy in paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis: a video-EEG case report
Alessandra Morano, Biagio Orlando, Martina Fanella, Emanuele Cerulli Irelli, Claudio Colonnese, Pierpaolo Quarato, Anna Teresa Giallonardo, Carlo Di Bonaventura
Non-convulsive status epilepticus as an initial manifestation of herpes simplex virus encephalitis
Marta Jeremić, Mirjana Arsenijević, Dejana Jovanović, Ivana Berisavac
Volume 23, issue 4, August 2021
Multimodal approach in the pre-surgical evaluation of focal epilepsy surgery candidates: how far are we from a non-invasive ESI-based “sourcectomy”?
Giulia Nobile, Alessandro Consales, Domenico Tortora, Mattia Pacetti, Francesca Gianno, Dario Arnaldi, Silvia Morbelli, Margherita Mancardi, Ivana Sartori, Massimo Cossu, Lino Nobili, Matteo Cataldi
Efficacy of lacosamide in neonatal-onset super-refractory status epilepticus: a case report
Veronica Bertozzi, Claudia M. Bonardi, Gaia Biscalchin, Clarissa Tona, Angela Amigoni, Stefano Sartori
Musicogenic epilepsy with ictal asystole: a video-EEG case report
Jeanne Benoit, Florence Martin, Pierre Thomas
Paroxysmal tonic upgaze in a child with SCN8A-related encephalopathy
Roberta Solazzi, Barbara Castellotti, Laura Canafoglia, Giuliana Messina, Stefania Magri, Elena Freri, Francesca Ragona, Silvana Franceschetti, Jacopo C. Di Francesco, Cinzia Gellera, Tiziana Granata
Bathing epilepsy: a video case report
Alberto M. Cappellari, Chiara Bulgaro, Gaia Bruschi, Marco Papa
Volume 23, issue 3, June 2021
Sotos syndrome: a pitfall in the presurgical workup of temporal lobe epilepsy
Linda Bättig, Richard Rosch, Katharina Steindl, Sarah Elisabeth Bürki, Georgia Ramantani
Inferior parietal lobule gyrations in refractory epilepsy
Javeria Nooraine, Seetharam Raghavendra
Super-refractory status epilepticus in autoimmune encephalitis treated with interleukin-1 receptor antagonist, anakinra
Chun-ho Choi, Sze-ho Ma, Karen KY. Ma, Howan Leung, Vincent CT. Mok
Volume 23, issue 2, April 2021
Epilepsy phenotypes associated with MAP1B-related brain malformations
Ravindra Arya, Christine Spaeth, Wenying Zhang
Temporal-parietal-occipital epilepsy in GEFS+ associated with SCN1A mutation
Antonella Riva, Antonietta Coppola, Ganna Balagura, Marcello Scala, Michele Iacomino, Francesca Marchese, Elisabetta Amadori, Simona Lattanzi, Roberta Meo, Salvatore Striano, Vincenzo Salpietro, Federico Zara, Carlo Minetti, Pasquale Striano, Leonilda Bilo
Chapeau de gendarme in a toddler points to focal epilepsy originating from the subcentral gyrus
Christina T. Rüsch, Bigna K. Bölsterli, Carlotta Carosio, Georgia Ramantani
Successful treatment of epilepsia partialis continua with perampanel: two pediatric cases
Ali Mir, Montaha Almudhry, Fouad Al-Ghamdi, Shahid Bashir
Cryptogenic new-onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE) following blood transfusion in a patient with severe anemia
Connie K. Wu, Collin J. Culbertson, Erica L. Von Stein, Sandeep Walia, Prashanth Krishnamohan, Zachary D. Threlkeld