Clinical commentaries
Clinical Commentaries are short reports of case studies that reflect truly novel findings.
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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
Exacerbation of eyelid myoclonia in patients with epilepsy and eyelid myoclonia receiving cannabidiol
Ifrah Zawar, Linfa Franic, Prakash Kotagal, Elia Pestana Knight
Eyelid myoclonia with absences related to epileptic negative myoclonus
Atsuro Daida, Mina Yokoyama, Kaoru Yamamoto, Daisuke Hasegawa, Isao Kusakawa, Chuan-Yu Wang, Masaaki Ogihara
Room tilt illusion in epilepsy
Deema Fattal, Anne-Sophie Wattiez, Erik St Louis, Karina Gonzalez-Otarula, Rup Sainju
Volume 23, issue 5, October 2021
Non-convulsive status epilepticus as an initial manifestation of herpes simplex virus encephalitis
Marta Jeremić, Mirjana Arsenijević, Dejana Jovanović, Ivana Berisavac
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
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
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
Volume 23, issue 4, August 2021
Musicogenic epilepsy with ictal asystole: a video-EEG case report
Jeanne Benoit, Florence Martin, Pierre Thomas
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
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
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
Inferior parietal lobule gyrations in refractory epilepsy
Javeria Nooraine, Seetharam Raghavendra
Sotos syndrome: a pitfall in the presurgical workup of temporal lobe epilepsy
Linda Bättig, Richard Rosch, Katharina Steindl, Sarah Elisabeth Bürki, Georgia Ramantani
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
Successful treatment of epilepsia partialis continua with perampanel: two pediatric cases
Ali Mir, Montaha Almudhry, Fouad Al-Ghamdi, Shahid Bashir
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
Pharmacokinetic data on brivaracetam, lacosamide and perampanel during pregnancy and lactation
Cecilie Johannessen Landmark, Lene Rektorli, Margrete Larsen Burns, Eline Revdal, Svein I. Johannessen, Eylert Brodtkorb
Mild malformation of cortical development with oligodendroglial hyperplasia and epilepsy (MOGHE): a widespread disease with an apparently focal epilepsy
Raghavendra Seetharam, Javeria Nooraine, Radhika Mhatre, Jaychandran Ramachandran, Rajesh B. Iyer, Anita Mahadevan
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
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
Epilepsy phenotypes associated with MAP1B-related brain malformations
Ravindra Arya, Christine Spaeth, Wenying Zhang
Rage and aggressive behaviour in frontal lobe epilepsy: description of a case and review of the mechanisms of aggressive behaviour in epilepsy and dementia
Roberta Di Giacomo, Giuseppe Didato, Vincenzo Belcastro, Francesco Deleo, Chiara Pastori, Dario Arnaldi, Giuseppa Jolanda Rosa, Flavio Villani
Volume 23, issue 1, February 2021
STXBP1 germline mutation and focal cortical dysplasia
Artem Sharkov, Olivier Dulac, Svetlana Gataullina
Clinical seizure manifestations in the absence of synaptic connections
Emma Macdonald-Laurs, Catherine A. Bailey, Sarah Barton, Joseph Yuan-Mou Yang, Simone Mandelstam, Duncan Macgregor, Paul J. Lockhart, Richard J. Leventer, Wirginia J. Maixner, A. Simon Harvey
Clinical management of voice and breathing problems in two patients with vagus nerve stimulation therapy
Sonja Alantie, Tanja Makkonen, Satu Hietala, Jukka Peltola
Television-induced electronegative photoparoxysmal response: an extratemporal seizure mimic?
Gabriel Calado, Nimit Desai, Dorothee Kasteleijn, William O. Tatum
Photoparoxysmal response in ADCK3 autosomal recessive ataxia: a case report and literature review
Sara Uccella, Livia Pisciotta, Mariasavina Severino, Enrico Bertini, Thea Giacomini, Ginevra Zanni, Giulia Prato, Elisa De Grandis, Lino Nobili, Maria Margherita Mancardi
Clinical experience of abrupt discontinuation of perampanel: a case series
Marko Blickhan, Tassanai Intravooth, Anke. M. Staack, Reinhold Kornmeier, Patricia Mahn, Matthias Schneider, Jakob Stockinger, Matthias Bacher, Christoph Kurth, Bernhard J. Steinhoff
Volume 22, issue 6, December 2020
Anatomical electroclinical correlations during an SEEG-recorded seizure with autoscopic hallucination
Davide Fonti, Stanislas Lagarde, Julia Scholly, Anne Lépine, Didier Scavarada, Monica Puligheddu, Aileen McGonigal, Fabrice Bartolomei
Vomiting and retching as presenting signs of focal epilepsy in children
Marion Depermentier, Nathalie Mercier, Roberto Santalucia, Renaud Lhommel, Marie-Cécile Nassogne, Maria Roberta Cilio
Improved seizure burden and cognitive performance in a child treated with responsive neurostimulation (RNS) following febrile infection related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES)
Liana Theroux, Yash Shah, Yael Cukier, Shaun Rodgers, Shefali Karkare, David Bonda, Sanjeev Kothare
Benign familial infantile epilepsy associated with KCNQ3 mutation: a rare occurrence or an underestimated event?
Rosaria Nardello, Giuseppe Donato Mangano, Francesco Miceli, Antonina Fontana, Ettore Piro, Vincenzo Salpietro
Co-existence of idiopathic generalized and focal epilepsy suggested by simultaneous EEG-fMRI: a case report
Tomohiro Yamazoe, François Dubeau, Nicolás von Ellenrieder, Natalja Zazubovits, Jean Gotman
A case series of super-refractory status epilepticus successfully treated with electroconvulsive therapy
Hui Jan Tan, Tze Yuan Tee, Mazlina Husin, Ching Soong Khoo, Luke Sy-Cherng Woon
Complex sleep-disordered breathing after vagus nerve stimulation: broadening the spectrum of adverse events of special interest
Miguel Oliveira Santos, Carla Bentes, Tiago Teodoro, Susana Moreira, Marta Marques, Diogo Tomé, Ana Rita Peralta
Encephalopathy related to status epilepticus during sleep due to a de novo KCNA1 variant in the Kv-specific Pro-Val-Pro motif: phenotypic description and remarkable electroclinical response to ACTH
Angelo Russo, Giuseppe Gobbi, Antonella Pini, Rikke Steensbjerre Møller, Guido Rubboli
Volume 22, issue 5, October 2020
Hippocampal deep brain stimulation: a therapeutic option in patients with extensive bilateral periventricular nodular heterotopia: a case report
Arthur Cukiert, Cristine Mella Cukiert, Jose Augusto Burattini, Pedro Paulo Mariani
Frequent epileptic apnoea in a patient with Pitt-Hopkins syndrome
Hiroyuki Yamada, Akiko Tamasaki, Masayoshi Oguri, Ikumi Hori, Shinji Saitoh, Yoshihiro Maegaki
When the first seizure can be the last: ventricular fibrillation following a new-onset seizure
Anver Sethwala, Paul Sparks, Piero Perucca
Response to lacosamide monotherapy in a patient with medically refractory Jeavons syndrome: a case report and review of the literature
Ifrah Zawar, Linda Franic, Elia Pestana Knight
Efficacy of rituximab on seizure control and cognitive symptoms in leucine-rich, glioma-inactivated 1 (LGI1) limbic encephalitis: a high-density electroencephalography case study
Marta Cheli, Alessandro Dinoto, Valentina Tommasini, Miloš Ajčević, Giulio Stella, Mauro Catalan, David Stokelj, Arianna Sartori, Paolo Manganotti
Description of a peculiar alternating ictal electroclinical pattern in a young boy with a novel SPATA5 mutation
Caterina Zanus, Paola Costa, Flavio Faletra, Luciana Musante, Angelo Russo, Luisa Grazian, Marco Carrozzi
Progressive myoclonic epilepsy: myoclonic epilepsy and ataxia due to KCNC1 mutation (MEAK): a case report and review of the literature
Niravkumar Barot, Megan Margiotta, Maromi Nei, Christopher Skidmore
Seizures triggered by eating: a rare form of reflex epilepsy
Nirosen Vijiaratnam, Christine Girges, Jacqueline Idaszak, Udaya Seneviratne
Volume 22, issue 4, August 2020
EEG source estimation in a rare patient with cold-induced reflex epilepsy
Ye Ren, Xiaoli Li, Fengyu Cong, Shuying Xiao, Qin Zhang, Ting Ao, Jun Zhang, Yuping Wang, Tapani Ristaniemi, Ruihua Zhang
Epidiolex-induced skin rash
Jaysingh Singh, Marika-Foteni Antimisiaris