Focal-onset myoclonic seizures and secondary bilateral synchrony.

نویسندگان

  • Tomoyuki Akiyama
  • Elizabeth J Donner
  • Cristina Y Go
  • Ayako Ochi
  • O Carter Snead
  • James T Rutka
  • Hiroshi Otsubo
چکیده

We present a child with myoclonic seizures, epileptic spasms and generalized epileptiform discharges on scalp EEG. Magnetoencephalography and coherence-phase analysis for scalp EEG suggested focal onset in the left hemisphere. Intracranial video EEG confirmed seizure onset in the left frontal lobe with ictal high-frequency oscillations. Left frontal lobectomy suppressed his seizures. Subsets of myoclonic seizures can be focal in origin despite bilaterally synchronized epileptiform discharges on scalp EEG.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Epilepsy research

دوره 95 1-2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011