An unusual case of focal epilepsy.

Unusual Seizure Evolution: Focal-General-Focal-General

Alterations of the electroencephalogram sub-bands amplitude during focal seizures in the pilocarpine model of epilepsy

Introduction: Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common and drug resistant epilepsy in adults. Due to behavioral, morphologic and electrographic similarities, pilocarpine model of epilepsy best resembles TLE. This study was aimed at determination of the changes in electroencephalogram (EEG) sub-bands amplitude during focal seizures in the pilocarpine model of epilepsy. Analysis of thes...

Focal epilepsy with ictal abdominal pain: a case report

Focal epilepsy with ictal abdominal pain is an unusual partial epilepsy characterized by paroxysmal episodes of abdominal or visceral pain, disturbance of awareness and electroencephalographic abnormalities. We describe a new case of ictal abdominal pain in which gastrointestinal complaints were the only manifestation of seizures and review the previously described pediatric patients. In our pa...

West syndrome in three patients with brain injury and a benign course

Infants with West Syndrome and underlying structural pathology typically experience persistent symptomatic focal seizures and intellectual disability. We performed a retrospective case review of 84 patients with West Syndrome evaluated at one institution between 1990 and 2013. From this group we identified three patients with West syndrome and congenital hemiplegia who later developed genetic e...

مقایسه‌ی پروفایل شناختی و آشفتگی هیجانی در بیماران مبتلا به صرع عمومی و کانونی

Background & Aims: Emotional and cognitive problems are common and annoying problems among patients with epilepsy. This study was carried out with the purpose of examining the cognitive profile and emotional distress of two groups of patients, one with the general and the other with the focal epilepsy. Materials & Methods: The method used in this study is descriptive, the causal-compara...

Uncommon, exceptional and atypical: a case of frontal lobe epilepsy due to cortical dysplasia.

We report a case of frontal lobe epilepsy due to focal cortical dysplasia that included three independent unusual features. The patient, a 45-year-old, right-handed woman, had her first seizure at age 29, well into adulthood. Seizures had been easily controlled with medication for 15 years, then without provocation they became medically intractable during a single, identifiable day. Resection o...