Epileptic Disorders
MENUTemporal lobe dual pathology in malignant migrating partial seizures in infancy Volume 9, issue 2, June 2007
Authors
Giangennaro Coppola, Francesca Felicia Operto, Gianfranca Auricchio, Alessandra D’Amico, Delia Fortunato, Antonio Pascotto
Clinic of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Second University of Naples, Department of Neuroscience, University of Federico II, Naples, Italy
- Key words: migrating partial seizures in infancy, temporal lobe dual pathology, hippocampal sclerosis, microcephaly
- DOI : 10.1684/epd.2007.0106
- Page(s) : 145-8
- Published in: 2007
A child had the characteristic clinical and EEG pattern of migrating partial seizures in infancy with left temporal lobe atrophy, hippocampal sclerosis and cortical-subcortical blurring.Seizures were drug-resistant, with recurring episodes of status epilepticus. The child developed microcephaly with arrest of psychomotor development. Focal brain lesions, in the context of migrating partial seizures, have not been previously reported.[Published with video sequences]