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Catastrophic Focal Epilepsy
Author(s) -
Kuzniecky Ruben
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
epilepsia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.687
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1528-1167
pISSN - 0013-9580
DOI - 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.04002.x
Subject(s) - epilepsy , frontal lobe , resection , epilepsy surgery , lesion , intractable epilepsy , medicine , psychology , central nervous system disease , neuroscience , surgery
Summary: Focal epilepsy can present with a rapidly progressing course of intractable epilepsy in children. We present a typical example of such a patient with focal seizures due to a frontal lobe cortical lesion of developmental origin. MRI and SPECT revealed abnormalities in the right frontal lobe. Surgical resection resulted in excellent outcome.